Old Tafo MP, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has raised fresh questions following comments by Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, about the new Legal Education Act, 2026.
Parliament’s newly passed Legal Education Reforms Bill, 2025, is expected to bring major changes to legal training in Ghana.
The bill seeks to reform the country’s legal education system by improving access to professional legal training, restructuring admission processes, and addressing concerns over the long-standing bottlenecks at the Ghana School of Law.
Supporters of the bill say it will help expand opportunities for law graduates and reduce the pressure caused by the highly competitive entrance examinations.
The bill received presidential assent today, a move welcomed by many stakeholders in the legal education sector.
However, despite the approval of the new law, concerns are still growing among students over how the reforms will be implemented.
In a statement, Assafuah said that although the presidential assent is a positive step, government officials have failed to clearly explain whether prospective students, including those in the backlog system, will still be required to write the Ghana School of Law entrance examination this year.
According to him, Dafeamekpor had earlier suggested that no official examination had been announced by the Ghana School of Law, a comment that gave students the impression that the entrance exams may no longer take place.
Assafuah argued that the Independent Examination Council (IEC), and not the Ghana School of Law, is responsible for organising the exams.
He said the IEC had already scheduled this year’s examination for July 31, 2026, making the Majority Chief Whip’s comments misleading.
The Old Tafo MP accused government officials of creating confusion and unnecessary anxiety among law students and parents.
He called on authorities involved in the assent process to urgently hold a press conference or issue an official statement explaining how the new law will be implemented.
He also demanded clarity on whether the scheduled entrance examination will still be conducted and appealed for an extension of the examination date if it proceeds.
Assafuah further called for an apology to students over what he described as poor communication and “reckless conduct” by government representatives.
