Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the Member of Parliament for South Dayi and Majority Chief Whip, has alleged that some senior NPP members gained admission into the Ghana School of Law without writing the entrance exams.
The Majority Chief Whip revealed that the development follows work by the ad hoc committee set up by the General Legal Council to examine access to legal education in Ghana.
Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor hit back at critics of the demonopolization of legal education in Ghana.
He disclosed that the ad hoc committee recorded troubling irregularities, including instances where some individuals allegedly secured admission into the Ghana School of Law without sitting the mandatory entrance examination.
Speaking in an interview shared on X, the Majority Chief Whip stated, “We got to know, even some persons that had been admitted to the law school who didn’t write the entrance exams at all. Yes, back-door admissions were happening. These are contained in official reports commissioned by the General Legal Council itself. Scandal”.
“The people who were admitted to the law school without writing the exams, some were children of senior people in the NPP. Do you understand my point? So, even at that level, they were playing politics with the school’s admission. And they were creating very feeble opportunities for the wards and family members to the detriment of fairness,” he alleged.
Dafeamekpor further highlighted that the NPP’s opposition to the changes being made in Ghana’s legal education is driven by attempts to preserve the current system.
According to him, ongoing reforms were necessary to expand access to legal education.
He added, “You see, the NPP in government refused to accept the reforms. Even the modicum of it, they were not interested. Because a lot of their seniors constitute themselves into that school of thought that said, we must never open up legal education to other Ghanaians”.
“This is a reform that is opening access to higher education everywhere where you have an accredited faculty of law. So that when the faculty of law, University of Development Studies is accredited, for instance, I don’t have to travel from Tamale to even to Kumasi or Accra in order to become a lawyer,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Ghana School of Law has announced they have postponed examinations scheduled for Monday, June 29, 2026.
According to the Ghana School of Law, the decision follows the heavy rainfall and flooding that disrupted movement across several parts of Accra.
The Ghana School of Law, after consultations with the Chair of the Independent Examinations Committee (IEC), has decided to delay the examinations in the interest of students’ safety.
They urged students not to endanger themselves by attempting to travel through floodwaters or heavy rainfall.
In a notice issued to students on Monday morning, Management stated, “our safety is our highest priority. No student should risk their life or personal safety by attempting to travel through heavy rain or floodwaters to the Examination Centre”.
“No student will be disadvantaged. Students will not be penalized or disadvantaged in any way with respect to today’s examinations due to this Act of God,” it said.
“Examinations will not commence until it is safe to travel. The start of any examination today will be delayed until conditions are considered safe for students to make their way to the Examination Centre,” the statement said.
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The Ghana Legal Council Adhoc Committee findings revealed that children of some senior NPP members gained admission into the Ghana School of Law(Makola) without writing the entrance exams.
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