General News of Monday, 8 April 2019Source: Ghananewsagency.orgExpand legal education to guarantee Rights Protection - Mustapha HamidDr Mustapha HamidDr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Minister for Inner- City and Zongo Development has stressed the need for the expansion of legal education to bridge the lawyer-citizen ratio in the country. This will ensure the availability, efficiency and accessibility of legal services to all regardless of one's social, political or economic circumstances. He said access to legal services was the surest way to guarantee the rights and freedoms of citizens as enshrined in the Constitution to enable them contribute their quota meaningfully to national development. According to him, if people were well informed about issues concerning their freedom and fundamental human rights, they would stand up for themselves to resist any attempt aimed at violating their rights. Dr Hamid added that his outfit would do all it could to protect and defend the rights and privileges of marginalised groups in inner-city settlements and called for massive support from the legal sector.

Source: GhanaWeb April 08, 2019 00:22 UTC