Legal practitioner and Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has called out the leadership of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) over what he describes as their apparent aversion to President John Dramani Mahama.

In a post on his X page on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the Majority Chief Whip shared a list of speakers scheduled for the GBA’s 2025 annual conference and noted that while the association almost always platformed former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his tenure, the current president of the country did not make the list for this year’s edition.

He accused the association of being biased toward President John Dramani Mahama while challenging the GBA to continue performing the bidding of the opposition New Patriotic Party.

“Your unalloyed bias against JDM and the NDC government is too glaring to be ignored now. You can continue to act as a wing of the main opposition party to do its bidding; we are ready for you,” he stated.

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The MP drew a contrast between speakers for GBA conferences over the past eight years and the upcoming edition to support his case.

“I saw how the GBA organized its Annual Conference from 2017-2024 in this country. The then Prez, Nana Akufo Addo, was nearly always the Special Guest of Honour & Speaker. That isn’t the case in 2025. The Prez is conspicuously missing from the list of advertised speakers at the confab,” he wrote.

Reacting further to the individuals listed for the 2025 edition, which includes the Chief Justice, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, the National President of the GBA, and the President of the Bar Council for England and Wales as the guest speaker, the Majority Chief Whip described the list as curious.

He referenced a joint statement recently issued by the Bar Council of England and Wales demanding the immediate reinstatement of suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo.

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“What’s curious is that the GBA leadership has rather decided to invite the President of the Bar Council of England & Wales, a group that recently attacked this government without any provocation. GBA, kindly add the Prez of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association for effect,” he stated.

The 2025 Ghana Bar Association Annual Conference is scheduled to be held from September 14 to September 19, 2025, in Wa, Upper West.

1. I saw how the GBA organised its Annual Conference from 2017-2024 in this country.

2. The then Prez, Nana Akuffo Addo, was nearly always the Special Guest of Honour & Speaker.

3. That isn’t the case in 2025. The Prez is conspicuously missing from the list of advertised… pic.twitter.com/1K9ZuKyXiE

— Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Esq. MP. (@etsedafeamekpor) August 20, 2025