The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dominic Ayine, has announced that the implementation of Ghana’s newly passed Legal Education Reform Act will officially be captured in the 2027 national budget statement, which is expected to be presented by the Finance Minister in November this year.

John Dramani Mahama has assented to the Value for Money Office Bill, introducing a new institutional framework aimed at reducing inflated public sector contracts and strengthening accountability in government spending.

Dominic Ayine has announced that the government will begin immediate implementation of Ghana’s new legal education reforms following the assent of the Legal Education Bill 2026 by John Dramani Mahama.

Speaking at a post-signing press conference on Tuesday, Dr Ayine said the first major step in the reform process will be the dissolution of the current General Legal Council and the establishment of a new regulatory body to oversee legal education and professional training in the country.

He disclosed that the incoming body, to be known as the Council for Legal Education and Training, will take immediate responsibility for regulating and accrediting institutions that wish to run the Law Practice Course for LLB graduates seeking admission to the Ghana Bar.

“Implementation will begin without delay,” Dr Ayine stated, confirming that the President had already signed the bill into law.

He described the legislation as a long-awaited and transformative reform aimed at expanding access to legal education and ensuring fairness in the training of future lawyers.

“This is a much-anticipated reform law that is supposed to radically reform legal education to create equality of opportunity for persons aspiring to be lawyers in this country,” he said.

For decades, Ghana’s legal education system has been dominated by the Ghana School of Law under the supervision of the General Legal Council. Critics have consistently argued that limited admission capacity has created a bottleneck, leaving many qualified LLB graduates unable to continue their professional training.

The new law is expected to significantly change this structure by allowing multiple accredited institutions to offer the Law Practice Course, subject to regulation by the newly established council.

Dr Ayine explained that both the formation of the new council and the accreditation of eligible institutions are expected to be completed within the year, marking a rapid rollout of the reform agenda.

He further indicated that government funding for the implementation process will be included in the 2027 national budget, which is expected to be presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson later this year.

Legal education reform has been a major national issue for years, with sustained calls from law students, civil society organisations, and legal professionals demanding a more open, transparent, and accessible system.

Policy observers say the success of the new framework will depend heavily on how quickly the new council is established and how effectively it enforces accreditation standards for institutions offering professional legal training.

The reforms are widely seen as one of the most significant overhauls of Ghana’s legal education system in decades.

John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to expanding affordable housing across the country, stating that decent housing must be treated as a fundamental right rather than a privilege available only to a few people.

John Dramani Mahama has signed the Legal Education Reform Bill (2025) into law, officially ending the 66-year monopoly held by the Ghana School of Law over professional legal education in Ghana.

The government has distributed 8,500 laptops to training centres participating in the One Million Coders Programme as part of efforts to expand digital skills training and improve access to technology education across Ghana.

Twenty-eight Ghanaian nationals, the majority of them young people, have been rescued from a suspected human trafficking operation in Côte d’Ivoire and safely repatriated to Ghana, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has strongly condemned comments made by political commentator Kevin Ekow Taylor against former President John Agyekum Kufuor, describing the remarks as “vicious” and unacceptable.

Ghana and Turkey have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence cooperation following high-level meetings between officials of both countries in Ankara.

Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mahamudu Bawumia, has taken a major step toward strengthening party unity by appointing all four of his former rivals in the January 2026 presidential primaries as co-chairmen of the party’s newly created Policy Committees.

The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has stated that the cost of living in Ghana remains high despite claims that the Bank of Ghana spent GH¢15.6 billion in efforts to reduce inflation and stabilise the economy.