Nigerian Law School Enforces Five-Year Ban on Baze University’s Law Faculty for Admission Quota Violation.
The Nigerian Law School has imposed a five-year ban on the Faculty of Law at Baze University, Abuja, for consistently exceeding its approved admission quota. The decision was announced by Ms Aderonke Osho, the Acting Secretary and Director of Administration of the Nigerian Law School, following the findings of the Council of Legal Education.
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The Council’s quarterly meeting on November 23, 2023, chaired by Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN, OFR, considered a report from the Accreditation panel to Baze University’s Law Faculty. The panel, led by Prof Isa Hayatu Chiroma, SAN, Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, discovered that Baze University had repeatedly violated the approved admission quota of 50 students per session. As a result, the Law Faculty currently faces a backlog of over 347 law students awaiting admission to the Nigerian Law School.
Since 2017, Baze University has admitted more than 750 law students, a number that would typically span a 15-year period based on the approved quota. The university also runs a three-year LL.B programme for some UTME candidates without the necessary approvals from the National Universities Commission (NUC), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the Council of Legal Education.
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In response to these infractions, the Council of Legal Education has taken the following measures:
1. Imposition of a moratorium on the admission of law students to the Faculty of Law, Baze University, Abuja, with immediate effect.
2. The moratorium will last for a period of five years initially and may be renewed if satisfactory actions are not taken to address the situation.
3. The Council will utilize this five-year period to address the backlog of law students admitted by Baze University in excess of its admission quota.
4. Follow-up visits will be conducted to the university to assess the measures taken to rectify the observed anomalies during the accreditation visit.
The National Universities Commission (NUC), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), parents, guardians, prospective applicants, and the public are advised to take note of the status of Baze University Abuja and its Faculty of Law.
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