Professor Raymond Atuguba, Dean of the University of Ghana Law School, argued that Ghana's current lawyer-to-citizens ratio is one lawyer to 5,000 citizens, indicating a significant disparity from the acceptable ratio of one lawyer to 250 citizens.
What does Ghana need most? More lawyers or more problem solvers?
According to the numbers, Ghana needs more lawyers, making the recent graduation of over 800 new lawyers a positive development, but the country's greatest national challenge is not the lack of legal arguments.
The country requires more problem solvers to address its challenges, rather than just an increase in the number of lawyers.