The NDC isn’t removing the Ghana Bar Association from the Constitution. According to Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the GBA was never really there to begin with.
In a post on X Sunday, the South Dayi MP made his position clear: the GBA is just a voluntary professional body that exists because Ghanaians have the right to form associations under Article 21(1)(e) of the Constitution. Nothing more, nothing less.
“The GBA cannot metamorphose into a creature of the constitution,” Dafeamekpor stated firmly.
He accused the association of having an “unearned sense of self-entitlement” and dismissed claims that the Constitution Review Committee is targeting the legal profession. According to him, the committee’s recommendations simply aim to correct a widespread misunderstanding about the GBA’s status.
“The Constitution is a living document; it is capable of growth,” the lawmaker wrote, adding that clarifying the GBA’s position doesn’t diminish the legal profession’s importance.
The GBA Isn’t Having It
Former GBA President Yaw Acheampong Boafo has fired back, accusing the NDC of using constitutional reforms to settle political scores with the association.
He insists the move is deliberate and politically motivated, designed to reduce the influence of Ghana’s legal community in governance.
The back-and-forth signals a deepening conflict between the ruling party and the country’s lawyers over constitutional amendments and the role professional bodies should play in national affairs.
For now, neither side seems ready to back down.
See Dafeamekpor’s full statement below:
