About 5,000 law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria have taken their mobilisation crisis to the House of Representatives after being unable to proceed to the Nigerian Law School despite completing their LL.B programmes.
Thousands of National Open University of Nigeria law graduates have petitioned the House Committee on Public Petitions over their continued inability to obtain admission into the Nigerian Law School.
The affected graduates say they approached NOUN after graduation expecting their names to be forwarded for Law School mobilisation but were informed that the list containing their names had been rejected.
Their representative, Dr Adeniyi Oladele, told the committee that earlier sets of NOUN law graduates had previously proceeded to professional training, completed the Bar Final examinations and been called to the Nigerian Bar.
The petitioners say the absence of a clear explanation has left thousands of graduates in professional limbo after years of study.
NOUN has acknowledged the petition and filed a response, while the parliamentary committee has requested the list of affected graduates for further consideration.
The development adds a new dimension to Nigeria’s continuing legal-education crisis, particularly questions around admission quotas, accreditation and the transition from university law programmes to professional training.
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Source: Blueprint — 5,000 NOUN Graduates Seek Intervention
