Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has dismissed claims that the Mahama government has introduced a new entrance exam regime for prospective law students, describing the reports as “false” and “partisan propaganda.”
In a press release issued in Accra, the South Dayi MP said suggestions of a “reintroduced” exam are unsupported by law and fact.
He made this known in responding to a statement by NPP MP Vincent Assafuah alleging the return of entrance exams for law school.
Dafeamekpor said the new Legal Education Bill recently passed by Parliament has not matured into operational law adding that the Bill is still undergoing post-passage drafting and correction to incorporate amendments before it goes to President John Dramani Mahama for assent.
“Until that constitutional process is completed and presidential assent is granted, the existing legal framework governing the Ghana School of Law and legal education in Ghana remains valid, binding, and operational,” he stated.
He called it “deeply misleading and legally indefensible” to accuse the NDC government or the Ghana School of Law of reintroducing an exam regime that legally remains in force.
“One cannot reintroduce what has not yet been repealed.”
The Majority Chief Whip added that the Ghana School of Law has issued no official public advertisement directing prospective students to sit for any entrance exam slated for July 31, 2026.
He blamed the claims on “panic and misinformation being circulated through partisan commentary and social media propaganda.”
According to Hon. Dafeamekpor, the new Legal Education framework passed by Parliament is intended to broaden access to legal education through accredited institutions once presidential assent is granted and implementation begins.
“That is the real reform agenda before the country, not this manufactured narrative of betrayal and policy reversal,” he said.
He argued that Ghana’s legal education challenges — access, infrastructure, institutional capacity, accreditation, and bottlenecks in professional training — deserve “mature engagement and evidence-based reform, not opportunistic propaganda.”
Disregard the misinformation:
Dafeamekpor urged prospective law students and Ghanaians to disregard the misinformation and panic. “Facts matter. Constitutional procedure matters. And truth matters far more than partisan political theatre.”
