Delaying admission of qualified Law graduates into the law school in the country is not peculiar to Abia state University Uturu ( ABSU ) law graduates.
The Pro- Chancellor/Chairman of ABSU Governing Council , Rt. Hon. Dr Agwu U. Agwu explained this scenario while rebutting an online newspaper report he stated was published on 4th December, 2025, with the caption ” STRANDED ABSU law students cry out after four years”.
He said that the report contained distorted information that necessitated a rebuttal, stressing that the fact remains that the issue of backlog is a national issue, that is not peculiar to ABSU.
He clarified that admission into the Nigerian Law School is competitive and based on merit, and as such prospective candidates with relatively high Cumulative Grade Point Averages (CGPAs ) are sent to the Law School before others, because of limited space , which reflects the quota.
He said that the present ABSU administration inherited a backlog of students who are yet to go to Law School and that the administration has been resolute in solving this problem.
The Pro-Chancellor, further said that the present ABSU administration has been doing the needful by ensuring that a certain percentage of its candidates in each set, is sent to the Law School, although with a little preference given to the set whose turn it is to be sent to Law School.
He consequently faulted the figure he said the Online newspaper published in its report , stating that ” The figure of the existing backlog quoted by the author is bloated”.
Rt. Hon Agwu, a former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, held that “Prudent journalism on the part of the author would have entailed gathering accurate information before publication.
“The allegation that there is a fresh plan by ABSU to compile only the names of the 2025 graduating set is false.. The present University Administration will not rest on its oars to get the problem solved as soon as possible”.
WRITTEN BY GORDI UDEAJAH
