Ghanaian Youtuber and Vlogger, Elorm Ababio known as Ama Governor, was denied a call to the bar in November 2022, even though she completed the Ghana School of Law School and passed her interview.
According to sources, she was denied a call to the bar because of a complaint from an anonymous person who saw one e content of Ama Governor’s Youtube page. The anonymous person described the content as “conduct unbecoming of an application to the called to the Bar”.
Due to this, the General Legal Council put her call to the Bar on hold pending the outcome of a committee tasked to determine if she is worthy or not.
Ama Governor was informed by the General Legal Council through its secretary informed
about a concerned citizen’s petition to the council alleging that she lacks good character befitting someone.
However, Ama Govenor missed the call to the Ghana Bar again in May 2023 as the Ghana Legal Council had a Mini Call called new lawyers to the Ghana Bar after her initial denial.
Speaking at a program, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornor shed light on the issues. She expressed how fascinated she was with the response from Ghanaians, for a call to the Bar.
when somebody has behaved in a certain way we say and we say we cannot call the person to the Bar, I was surprised at the furriery that rose up concerning the call to the bar of certain people, like seriously? She quizzed the audience.
Speaking further she briefly explained some of the factors that contributed to the denial of a call to the bar, where she gave factors such as ex parte communication, conduct, and comments on social media.
“This is proper conduct for the legal sector. That’s interesting. Anyway, so for you to come into our space and to come into the space of the legal sector, your conduct cannot be obscene and offensive and you expect that you’ll be admitted. It doesn’t work like that.”
“Your comments on social media, your ex parte communications for Judges is extremely critical”. she said.
