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Old Tafo MP, demands clarity on Ghana School of Law entrance exams after legal education biill assent
The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has called on the government to provide clear information on whether prospective law students will still be required to write entrance examinations to the Ghana School of Law this year following the presidential assent to the Legal Education Reforms Bill 2025.
In a Facebook post, the legislator said although the Minority welcomed the President’s assent to the new Legal Education Act, 2026, many concerns raised by law students and parents had still not been addressed.
According to him, students are mainly seeking answers on whether the entrance examination scheduled for July 31, 2026, by the Independent Examination Council (IEC) will still take place.
Mr. Assafuah said a recent post on X, formerly Twitter, by the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, confirmed that the President had assented to the bill in the presence of key government officials, including the Attorney General, the Chief of Staff and the Finance Minister.
He said while the development was positive, the Majority Chief Whip failed to address the concerns of current and prospective law students.
The Old Tafo MP accused Mr. Dafeamekpor of creating “false expectations” among students by earlier suggesting that no entrance examinations had been scheduled for this year.
Quoting an earlier statement by the Majority Chief Whip, Mr. Assafuah said he had claimed the Ghana School of Law had not issued any official public advertisement directing students to sit for entrance examinations scheduled for July 31, 2026.
However, Mr. Assafuah argued that the examinations are conducted by the Independent Examination Council and not the Ghana School of Law.
He stated that despite attempts to clarify the issue, the Majority Chief Whip failed to provide a direct answer on whether the examinations would still be held.
The MP therefore called on the government and officials involved in the assent process to hold a press conference or issue an official statement explaining how the new law would be implemented.
He stressed that students and parents urgently needed clarity on whether the entrance examinations would still take place this year.
Mr. Assafuah further urged the government to direct the IEC to extend the examination date if the exams would still be conducted, to allow students enough time to prepare.
According to him, students who wrote the entrance examination last year sat for the papers on September 12, 2025, and a similar timeline could be adopted this year instead of the July 31 schedule.
He demanded what he described as an unqualified public apology from the government over the anxiety and confusion caused to students.
Mr. Assafuah assured law students and parents that he would continue to push for what he described as fairness and transparency in the implementation of the new legal education reforms.
By: Jacob Aggrey
The Upper East Regional Police Command has retrieved a large quantity of ammunition at a mechanic workshop near the Assemblies of God Church in Bolgatanga.
The retrieval followed a report made to the Police on May 9, 2026 by an auto mechanic, who stated that his apprentice discovered suspicious items while sweeping the workshop premises.
A team of Police officers moved swiftly to the scene and recovered two sealed packets hidden in fertilizer sacks inside a hen coop.
The packets contained a total of 1,400 rounds of 7.62×39mm ammunition, with each packet containing 700 rounds.
The exhibits are in Police custody for evidential purposes, while investigations continue to establish the source and ownership of the ammunition.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested two suspected robbers believed to be involved in a series of armed robberies within the Bolgatanga metropolis and along the Bolgatanga-Walewale highway.
The suspects, identified as Moses Akungoe, also known as “Mosbee,”, and Jacob Akugri, also known as “Weezy,” were arrested on May 9, 2026 in Kumasi by a team from the CID Headquarters Operations Unit following weeks of intelligence gathering and surveillance operations in Bolgatanga and Walewale.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects were part of a robbery gang armed with two AK47 rifles and pistols, operating within the Upper East and North East Regions.
The gang is believed to have robbed several persons of cash, motorbikes, and mobile phones on streets and highways, with some of the incidents resulting in deaths.
During interrogation, the suspects admitted to their involvement in several robbery activities and identified the alleged gang leader as Issaka, with another accomplice named Araafat, both currently at large.
Police are currently pursuing leads to arrest the remaining suspects including some persons believed to be supplying the gang with weapons for their criminal activities.
The two suspects are currently in Police custody assisting investigations, while efforts continue to retrieve stolen items and identify other accomplices linked to the robberies.
