The Lebanese Community in Ghana has awarded scholarships to eight brilliant law students at the Ghana School of Law, Makola, for the 2024/2025 academic year.
This year’s edition expanded the scheme to include Part 1 (first-year) students in the programme.

Until now, only Part 2 students were beneficiaries, but this move now provides more law students the opportunity to access legal education.

The colourful ceremony was held in the presence of the Lebanese Ambassador, H E Maher Kheir, the Registrar at GSL, Mrs Juliet Adu-Adjei, other staff from the GSL, and the Representative of the Lebanese Community, Mr Naaman Ashkar.

Recipients included Abigail Nakuor Wowolo, Ohenewaa Asantewaa Armoh, Chelsea Coffie, and Jasmine Tekyi-Acheampong from Part 2, and Dion Kassim, Emenyo Afi Nutakor, Keren Sackey, and Maame Ekua Otenewa Oduro from Part 1.

Addressing the gathering, H E Ambassador Maher Kheir noted that becoming a lawyer is not only about mastering legal texts or passing exams.

“It is about standing for justice. It is about using your voice to defend the voiceless. It is about serving with integrity, even when it’s difficult,” he added.

He challenged students to strive to make a difference in the legal profession and contribute meaningfully to Ghanaian society.

“If you continue with the same spirit, you will stand not only as graduates but as future lawyers—leaders ready to make a difference,” he noted.

Ambassador Kheir stressed that the support through the Lebanese Community Scholarship Program forms part of efforts to honour their hard work while sending a message “that excellence deserves recognition and support.”

He urged the beneficiaries to “stay curious, stay determined, support one another, and never forget why you began this journey.”

On her part, the Students Affairs Officer at the Ghana School of Law, Dr Georgina Ahorbor, expressed gratitude to the Lebanese Community for their financial support to students over the years.

She noted the significance of these awards, which go a long way to ease the financial burden on students.

“We are very grateful for this sponsorship given to our students. It always goes a long way to cushion them and their parents while allowing them to focus on their studies. We don’t take it for granted,” she said.

She, however, appealed for more support to help reach many more students to access legal education at the school.

“While we appreciate the kind gesture today, we would also like to request more so that many more brilliant but needy students at the Ghana School of Law can be supported,” she stated.

She challenged the beneficiaries to work harder to retain the scholarship and contribute to Ghana’s democracy.

Ms Otenewa Oduro, one of the beneficiaries, extended appreciation to the Ambassador and the Community for consistently assisting brilliant but needy students, especially those at the Ghana School of Law.

She promised that the beneficiaries would work hard to honour the confidence reposed in them.

Since its inception in 2013, the Lebanese scholarship programme has assisted around 600 Ghanaian students in media and law disciplines, covering the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and the University of Ghana.

H E Mr Maher Kheir, in 2020, opened up the scheme to include students from the School of Languages and the School of Performing Arts, both at the University of Ghana.'

New faculties, such as Public Relations, Translation, and Film and Television, all at the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC), have recently been added to the scheme.