I’m still waiting to be told my offense – Ama Governor

A Ghanaian YouTuber, social media influencer and ‘lawyer-in-waiting’, Elorm Ama Ababio, popularly known as Ama Governor, had narrated her plights after she was denied a call up to the Ghanaian Bar.

On November 6, 2022, Ms Ababio was not called to the Bar even though she had completed her Law Program, passed her exams and scaled her interview sessions.
It was circulated that her call to the Bar was suspended after a concerned citizen’s petition was sent to the General Legal Council (GLC). The Council’s secretary told Ama Governor it was alleged that she lacked moral uprightness which was a key characteristics for lawyers.

She was informed that a three-member committee would be instituted to investigate the issue and the outcome would determine her fate.

In May 2023, the Ghana Legal Council in a Mini Call called new lawyers but again denied Ama Governor a call up.

However, in a viral video, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornor was seen touching on the issue at a program in Accra on Tuesday.

“When somebody has behaved in a certain way and we say we can not 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 rhetorted.

“For you to come into the legal sector, your conduct cannot be obscene and offensive and you expect that you will be admitted? It doesn’t work like that,” she added.

“Your comments on social media, your ex-parte communication for judges is extremely critical,” she emphazised.

Taking to her Twitter handle yesterday, Ama Governor stated that she was still in oblivion and need clarifications.

“Respectfully, I am still waiting to be told what my improper conduct was from the 6th of November, 2022 till date. I cannot handle this tarnishing of image and spread of false information about the true facts of events that took place for much longer. This is cruel,” she stated.