The Battle for GBA Leadership: Agbesi vs. Efua-a Defining moment in legal history

Published September 11, 2024

KUMASI,ASH-Drum rolls, stage set and fingers crossed, the Ghana Bar Association-the mother association for lawyers-go to the polls today 11th September 2024.

Perhaps the keenest of contest for the association in a decade, the GBA presidential elections between two formidable lawyers is the one watch.

While Agbesi Kwadzo Dzakpasu (a partner at Lexkudoz Legal Consultants and the President of the Greater Accra Bar of the Ghana Bar Association among others, promises as his key campaign plank: group insurance policies for members of the association, training and development programmes for lawyers and enhance working conditions for lawyers.

Efua Ghartey a co-founder of Ghartey & Ghartey and a Past President of the Greater Accra Branch of the Ghana Bar Association has a different take on the course and direction of the association. Efua’s vision is one of enhancing lawyers’ welfare and good governance. In particular, prioritizing health care of members while ensuring decent wages for young lawyers at the bar. Of course, it goes without mentioning that if successful, Efua becomes the first female president of the Bar since it was FORMALLY CONSTITUTED SOME 39 YEARS AGO.

Undoubtedly, this campaign has been as interesting as it has been engaging for members of the fraternity. Therefore, as it concludes and candidates make their last-minute pitch to members, those with voting rights will reflect carefully on the association’s current circumstances and unique challenges, casting a vote with wisdom.

As the stakes rise with every passing minute, one certainty remains – the Ghana Bar Association, regardless of who is elected, stands poised to turn a new and promising page, guided by the constructive campaigns waged by both candidates and the active involvement of junior lawyers in the process.

Nana Nti Ofori-Debrah, a Part II student at Ghana School of Law contributed to this article