President Nana Akufo-Addo, in May this year, officially wrote to Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo to undertake legal education reforms in Ghana, a letter has revealed.
The President, in his letter dated 7 May 2019, made a case for six issues which, in his view, required the General Legal Council’s “urgent” attention.
They included the amendment to a nearly 60-year-old law, the Legal Professions Act, undue delays in the release of examination questions, setting of questions outside the marking scheme and the cost of remarking scripts.
The President expressed confidence in his letter that the GLC would resolve the concerns “as quickly as possible”.
At the time, the President also expressed the hope that the issues would be settled by June 2019.
Portions of the letter read: “Let me reiterate that I forward these concerns to you, with every confidence that the General Legal Council, under your leadership, can resolve these matters as quickly as possible to bring clarity and transparency to Legal education in Ghana”.
“It would be welcomed if the resolution of these matters, especially those related to the examinations, are conducted before the next set of final examinations for June 2019.”
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June 2020
Nana addo paaaaaaaa, are you doing this to yourself or your so called competent (incompetent) appointees are doing this to you. Since you took office you have always been someone who only react when the horse has bolted from the stables. Why do you always wait for the mistake to be committed before you take action, instead of ensuring that your appointees do the right thing. Were you not around when the CJ openly told Ghanaians who want to do law to study on the internet? What did you say. On the normal circumstances that statement alone could give you the go ahead to replace her. Because only the president can remove the CJ in accordance with the constitution. Anyway, when you were appointing her, you told the whole world she is you co conspirator, which means what ever she does you agree with her. I am even safe to say that you are aware of whatever is going on. You are so hypocrite.
Oyiwa
MR. PRESIDENT, IF THERE ARE NO MORE LECTURE ROOMS TO ABSORB STUDENTS THEN IT IS HIGH TIME YOU INTRODUCE YOUR SHS GREEN AND GOLD SYSTEMS INTO ADMISSIONS TO THE GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW. AS FOR CHIEF JUSTICE, SHE HAS NO FORESIGHT FOR THE GHANA LAW SCHOOL AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN GHANA. THE LESS TALKED ABOUT HER (THE CHIEF JUSTICE) THE BETTER. HER UTTERANCES SUCH "I WILL NOT ALLOW THE PRODUCTION OF MASS LAWYERS" SERVE THE PUBLIC WITH THE KIND OF INTENTIONS SHE HAS FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN GHANA. WE PRAY FOR HER EARLY EXIT AS CHIEF JUSTICE FOR A MORE FOEWARD LOOKING CHIEF JUSTICE TO MOUNT THE THRONE. FARE THEE WELL