The Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN), National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) chapter, says there are three sets of law graduates of the institution waiting for admission to Law School.
LAWSAN’s President Paul Oyemike disclosed this at the 2nd Annual National Grand Dinner and Award Night with the theme “Legal Education and the Future of Nigerian Legal System” in Abuja on
Tuesday.
Oyemike said that the Law programme of NOUN was duly approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC), adding that the programme was run in accordance with laid down guidelines.
The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has repeatedly said that it will not recognise law graduates of NOUN for admission into Nigerian
Law School (NLS).
According to CLE, the study of law must be undertaken on a full-time basis as it transcends knowledge acquisition alone.
“It is no longer news that CLE has consistently refused to accept the law graduates of the NOUN.
As at today, NOUN has three sets of graduates waiting to be mobilised in the NLS.
“This rejection to us, is unfortunate and mind boggling, taking into consideration the fact that
NOUN, NUC and NLS are all of one body – the Federal Government of Nigeria.
“The question now is, can the Federal Government contradict itself?” According to him, several entreaties and interventions have not yielded any result as their
hopes of practicing law are being dashed.
He said that the continued rejection of NOUN’s law graduates by CLE amounted to policy somersault on the part of the Federal
Government.
Oyemike said that if the political was there, it would not take the relevant authorities more than
one month to resolve the standoff and admit the graduates into Law School.
He said that contrary to CLE’s stance that NOUN’s programme was done by correspondence, only materials were issued through the internet, adding that the students
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