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The call for reform of Ghana's legal education was triggered after over ninety percent of LLB graduates were purported to have failed their professional law entrance examination.

Some of the actions sparked by the mass failure, included a demonstration by disgruntled student. Following the demonstration, some opinion leaders have criticised the police for the use of unneccessary force to disperse them.

Speaking with acclaimed broadcaster David Ampofo, three affected students bemoaned their predicament. Rita, Saed and Stanley all LLB graduates appeared on Time With David Vox, were they spoke about being compelled to sign a document, that ensured candidates couldn't contest examination outcomes prior to the examination.

‘If students are not good enough, I'm not sure they would have graduated from such accredited law faculties’, said Rita Narh. For Stanley Osei bonsu to say they had almost all failed " is simply unacceptable and this generation is smarter than that".

The students also bemoaned the absence of a marking scheme, claiming that their requests for a marking scheme seems to have fallen on deaf ears. ‘The General Legal Council recently said at the parliamentary committee that they have provided a marking scheme to all the faculties. Well, my faculty hasn't received it! We still don't see what the answers were supposed to be’, Stanley said.

The students also refuted claims that the low success rate was geared at maintaining standards. Speaking on the preamble of the constitution, the students claimed they're being deprived of their right to equality of opportunity. ‘The constitution itself says that there must be equality of opportunity. We are not saying that we have the right to become lawyers, but we have the right to be given the opportunity to try’, Saed Salahudin explained

See how David Ampofo drilled students:




Emile Short on Time with David

"When you lose, you lose everything. When you win, you win everything" - Emile Short speaks

Former Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Mr. Emile Short, was recently in the news for attributing the shameless looting of funds by corrupt politicians, to the need to recover campaign expenditure.

The former Judge, sat across from veteran broadcaster David Ampofo, to have a conversation that bordered around corruption and the fight against it. Addressing the recent PDS-ECG debacle, Emile Short stated "It's obvious there wasn't due diligence".

Speaking during the freshly-released Time With David conversation, Mr. Short admitted that the winner takes all system of politics is part of the problems, that contribute to making corruption a malignant issue. He explained that this is because the stakes are high. "When you lose, you lose everything. When you win, you win everything", emphasized Emile Short.

Mr. Short clarified the importance of passing laws like the Conduct of public officers bill, which has been pending since 2013. He expressed disappointment that parliament has not passed that bill and advocated for it to receive expeditious attention.

Emile Short at different points in the interview, referenced Singaporean Leader, Lee Kuan Yew who ran a system of meritocracy and stated that "corruption is a threat to society", as a shinning example in the fight against corruption.

When referred by the host, to a statement by Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, Mr. Emile Short agreed that leadership must crack the whip. Speaking further on the special prosecutor and his office, Mr. Short said he was very pleased when Martin Amidu was appointed. He confessed that the special prosecutor has made great effort in trying to fight corruption and added that the public has unrealistic expectations.


"I know what Martin Amidu has in court", Emile Short told David Ampofo, before asserting, "the public has been inpatient and want to see some high profile cases". Mr. Emile Short held the view that Martin Amidu's track record shows that he has the courage to address corruption. He described the Police CID as not being an independent body and cited the Australian Visa Scandal and the Mining Scandal sparked by an Anas Aremeyaw Anas expose, as cases of corruption that were investigated and cleared by the CID, with reports that remain unpublished. Mr. Short observed that such occurrences do not give people confidence in the system.

During the interview, Mr. Emile Short disclosed that he is retired and enjoying it, playing a lot of golf and reading.

The exclusive conversation here:








Martin Amidu
Ghana's first Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, sat across from David Ampofo in his first exclusive interview, since assuming the office. 

During the 45 minute long interview, the Citizen Vigilante spoke passionately about his attempt to fight corruption and here are the Top Ten Talking points.

1. Everybody is looking at me.

2. I feel Ghanaians have been betrayed by their own government.

3. At 68, I don't care if they take me out.

4. There are many things I could do, which I can't do!

5. I don't offer advice, when you don't ask.


Martin & David (Left to Right)

6. In a Bipartisan manner, there has been attempts to sabotage my work.

7. You don't tie my hand behind my back and say I'm a poor boxer.

8. Corruption is a crime undertaken by 2 parties in secrecy.

9. You can't fight corruption, without the leadership cracking the whip.

10. Do we intend to fight corruption or do we want to create the appearance of fighting corruption.

You can catch the explosive conversation here:
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