Nigerian Law School now accept National Open University of Nigeria law graduates

In a letter titled, "Solicitation for Your Authoritative Intervention to Promptly and Peacefully Resolve the Ongoing Legal Dispute Between Students Of National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN) and the Council of Legal Education Through the Exercise of Your Lawful Authority As Contained In Chapter 4 of the Legal Education (Consolidation) Act," the gathering asked the clergyman to expediently resolve the non-confirmation of NOUN law graduates into the Nigerian Law School (NLS). The Foundation For Peace Professionals, a common society bunch, has encouraged the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), to intercede, and gently resolve the continuous debate between the Council of Legal Education (CLE) and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

The establishment, which depicted the NOUN as the main Open and Distance Learning (ODL) organization in the nation, with every one of its courses properly certify by the National Universities Commission (NUC), including its law program, lamented that year after the primary arrangements of graduates rose up out of the school, they are as a rule transparently separated by other central government foundations, for example, NYSC and its law graduates rejected by the NLS.

The request marked by the establishment's author/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abdulrazaq O. Hamzat, included that, "While it is conceivable to make do with NYSC exception letter given to NOUN graduates, this is impractical with a law degree, as a law graduate can't hone without being called to Bar. This prompted the continuous legitimate question between NOUN law understudies/graduates and the CLE."In 2015, graduates and students of the Faculty of Law of NOUN, dragged the CLE to the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, for purportedly declining them entrance into the NLS.

Likewise joined in the suit, which took after a distribution by the CLE in national dailies banishing law alumni of the school from induction into the NLS were the NUC, the school powers and the Office of Attorney General of the Federation.In the suit No FHC/PH/CS/UI/2015, the understudies are supplicating the court to pronounce as invalid and void, the production by the board, and additionally announce it an encroachment on their essential rights.Shortly after the suit was recorded, the school's administration removed itself from it, and the Office of Attorney General of the Federation, likewise connected to be exempted from the case. Before long the NUC towed the same line leaving the understudies wide open to the harshe elements.

In spite of the fact that, the utilizations of the three to be exempted were as of late released by the trial judge, Hon. Equity B.O. Quardri, the establishment said their behavior has been a long way from being perfect and satisfactory.The establishment educated the pastor that, ought to the CLE succeed in doing banishing the law moves on from NLS, "the lives of numerous youthful Nigerians would have been endangered because of government's irresponsibility."In perspective of this, and in accordance with this present organization's change plan and government obligation, this debate merits your definitive intercession, through activity of your forces as contained in Chapter 4 of Legal Education Act, 1979. I, along these lines, urge you, most deferentially, to practice this power for the benefit of this country.

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