Speaker is still a member of GBA – LSG

The Law Society of Ghana(LSG) has denied widely published reports in the media claiming the Speaker of Parliament has quit the Ghana Bar Association(GBA).

Several media portals over the weekend reported that the, Rt Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has withdrawn his members from the Ghana Bar Association.

The reports came after the Law Society of Ghana (LSG) paid a courtesy call to the Speaker at his office to congratulate him on his new position as President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association(CPA).

The Law Society of Ghana responding to the media reports said:” It must be placed on record that nowhere in the Speaker’s welcoming remarks during our visit, did he ever state that he has resigned from the Ghana Bar Association (GBA). In his remarks, he expressed in strong words, his revulsion about the state of the GBA and wishes to see a change for a better Bar Association committed to the aims, objectives and ethics as captured and practiced globally.”

The LSG noted that the Speaker only stated “GBA has now become too elitist, stressing that he used to pay his dues religiously until it came to his attention that any lawyer that had close association with the then Public Tribunal Court was not recognized and paid their last respects by the GBA, upon death. He cited instances. As a result, his interest in the GBA has diminished and with it the non-payment of his membership dues.”