What the Majority Chief Whip said about removing GBA from the Constitution

The Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has rejected claims that the NDC is pushing to remove the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) from the 1992 Constitution, insisting that the association has no constitutional entitlement.

In a post shared on his X page on Sunday, January 18, 2025, he stated that the GBA is a voluntary professional body and cannot “metamorphose into a creature of the constitution.”

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He clarified that the GBA exists due to rights derived from Article 21(1)(e) of the Constitution, not because it is mentioned elsewhere in the document.

The lawmaker warned that any attempt to claim constitutional status for the association would fail.

"The Constitution is a living document; it is capable of growth… and that’s why the unearned sense of self-entitlement of the GBA is surgically excised," he added.

Former Ghana Bar Association (GBA) President Yaw Acheampong Boafo has criticised the Constitution Review Committee's (CRC) recommendation to remove the association from the 1992 Constitution.

Ghana Bar Association to be removed from the 1992 Constitution - CRC Report

According to him, the move is politically motivated by the NDC.

Read his post below:

Ex-GBA President accuses NDC of driving move to remove GBA from constitution - MyJoyOnline https://t.co/p6DmNOS7oP

1. Snr, happy new year.

This is the end of that false sense of entitlement. The law is trite that a voluntary association of professional lawyers cannot…

— Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Esq. MP. (@etsedafeamekpor) January 18, 2026