The House of Representatives has intervened in the prolonged dispute preventing thousands of law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) from gaining admission to the Nigerian Law School.
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The intervention followed a petition submitted to the House on behalf of the affected graduates, who complained that despite obtaining Bachelor of Laws degrees from NOUN, they have remained unable to proceed to the vocational stage required for admission into the Nigerian legal profession.
The matter has been referred to the House Committee on Public Petitions, which invited representatives of NOUN and the Council of Legal Education (CLE) to appear before it and explain the circumstances surrounding the continued exclusion of the graduates.
The affected graduates were said to number more than 5,000, although an earlier public statement issued when the petition was presented to the House in July referred to more than 4,000 graduates. The difference may reflect additional graduates affected by the unresolved admission dispute.
The graduates maintained that they had completed the university’s approved academic programme and should not be prevented indefinitely from attending the Nigerian Law School and qualifying for Call to the Nigerian Bar.
They argued that the continued impasse had left them professionally stranded because an LL.B degree alone does not qualify a graduate to practise law in Nigeria without completing the Nigerian Law School programme and being called to the Bar.
The controversy between NOUN and the Council of Legal Education has persisted for years, with the council previously raising concerns about the mode through which the university’s law programme was delivered.
In 2018, the National Open University of Nigeria Act was amended following sustained agitation over the treatment of the institution’s graduates. However, the admission of its law graduates to the Nigerian Law School has remained unresolved.
The House Committee is expected to hear from both institutions and examine whether the graduates’ continued exclusion is consistent with existing legislation, regulatory requirements and the commitments previously made to resolve the dispute.
The committee’s intervention could determine whether the affected graduates will receive a special admission arrangement, undergo remedial training or continue to be excluded from the Nigerian Law School.
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