MP CALLS FOR MORE LAW SCHOOLS

The member of parliament for Manhyia  Constituency, Mr. Matthew Opoku  Prempeh has appealed to the government to ensure that more law schools are set up in the country.

He said, the establishment of more law schools would help ease the numerous hardships  that students go through in their studies.

The MP, made the call on the floor of the house to highlight some of the plights that students face when being admitted into the Ghana  Law School.

He expresses the view that, the Ghana School of Law should adopt the running of two sections for a class in a day to enable clear up the back log faced by both students and the authorities.

The facilities of law at both the university of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science  and Technology (KNUST), must equipped and empowered to  run the part-I  programme  while the Ghana Law School undertake the part-II programme , he observed.

Authorities of the Ghana Law School were called upon to encourage and support the decentralization and extension of their campuses to Kumasi and ultimately Cape Coast and Tamale.

Mr. Prempeh  further urged Ghanaians to consider investing in the education of their children to enhance  good foundation for student in the country.

On this part, the MP for Akropong, Mr. William Ofori  Boafo advised that adequate resources must be invested into the legal education of law students.

He task all student to be more focused in their studies and refrain from restricting themselves to one particular aspect and rather explore more sectors in the law field.