{"id":50102,"date":"2022-10-05T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T07:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=50102"},"modified":"2022-10-05T07:54:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T07:54:33","slug":"akufo-addo-disputes-perception-gba-is-elitist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=50102","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo disputes perception GBA is elitist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is questioning claims that the Ghana Bar Association has become an elitist organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has in recent times accused the GBA of being elitist and failing in its core mandate to speak for the vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a meeting with the leadership of the Ghana Bar Association at the Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo asked that such comments should be ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hear other people are talking about it being an elite organisation and etcetera. I don\u2019t know what they understand by elite, but I know that an organisation that is concerned about the welfare of the people\u2026 cannot be an elite organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the GBA had leaders who \u201cwere prepared to make the sacrifices that were necessary to make sure that we have a modern and respectable form of governance in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is an organisation that speaks to the interest of the people of Ghana for accountable governance, and that is an organisation that deserves the support of all right-thinking lawyers in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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