Former President John Mahama has backed calls by some aggrieved law students and their sympathisers for a reform of the country’s legal education system.
His call comes in the wake of mass examination failures and a drastic slash in the intake of students into the Ghana School of Law.
The National Union of Law Students, as part of moves to pile pressure on the General Legal Council to implement some reforms, decided to petition past and present leaders of Ghana and other traditional authorities to find a lasting solution to the matter.
Their decision, however, to meet President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee house turned bloody as some of the aggrieved students clashed with the police and sustained various degrees of injuries.
However, upon receipt of his copy of the petition, former President Mahama condemned the police brutalities and said the National Democratic Congress is ever ready to spearhead the conversation on reforms in the legal education system.
“We are happy to open a conversation with regards to reforming legal education systems.
“We must not attempt to restrict, by certain means, the ambitions that young people have. I believe that some reforms must take place so that as many people as possible are able to realise their dreams. In the next decade, Ghana’s population is going to increase from 30 million people to 50 million people. It means that the demand for legal services is going to increase," he explained.
“We will lead a conversation on that in order to reform the legal education system,” he added.
Source: classfmonline.com
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I keeping saying that Mr. Mahama is not a presidential material.Look he was once a president of Ghana and Ghana school of law issue has been there for decades . Mr. Mahama is driving some potential voters away because his utterances does not win votes at all.All his |NDC surrogates are towing same direction so it means NDC have no new message for the voters as far as Ghana politicize is concern today. NDC SIT UP AND STOP ALL THES NEEDLESS ATTACKS BUT FORGE AHEAD TO CONVINCE GHANAIANS BEYOND TRIVIALIZES
Quasia man. These are students who rely on apor and so believed they would be passed by all means. It just swerved them. And u are here promising them. When omr fails exams, is there not an opportunity to rewrite?
See frustration, always waiting to capitalize on every situation. I feel sorry for you because you were in power for 8years and you couldn't implement any legal reforms. He has nothing to offer Ghanaians
Anything to gain votes
You came, we saw what you could offer us. We didn't like much of it and we voted you out. Why do you think you could do better this time? So far you have not been able to realize the importance of answering this question. Instead, your main focus has been creating unnecessary issues, fictitious stories and lies for propaganda purposes. You can tell that to the marines but not to the good people of Ghana.
He will do the reforms in Bole Bamboi. international incompetent man even in oppostion
Mr. Mahama, so do you mean to tell us you cannot think and bring out something creative unless there is a shortfall somewhere before you quickilly comes in and say I will do this and that? Nukejor!!!
This man Mahama is a real hypocrite. Is he saying that he is now aware of this situation? This is something that has been going on for more than a decade so how come he is saying the NDC will do something about this. You cannot garner votes from this . Let us have your message and stop being a POLITICAL DRAGON
MAHAMA THE CHIEF "REFORMER". Such a funny man!
There he goes again! Mahama has no message for his campaign and so is just pouncing on anything, including flatuuulence. He did nothing about legal education while in office for 8 yrs as vice and president. Yet he has suddenly woken up to think of reforming legal education. A PERFECT CONN MAN!