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Alhassan Yahaya Seini is a Ghanaian lawyer, and the former executive director and chairman of the legal aid scheme.[1][2]

Education[edit]

Seini obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ghana in 1981 and qualified as a barrister at the Ghana Law School.[clarify] He is also a member of the Ghana Bar Association.[3]

Occupation[edit]

Seini has worked as a research assistant at the institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana in 1977. He was also the northern regional chairman of the national investigations committee from 1984 to 1990. Seini was a senior partner in law practice at Yelinzo Chambers from 1991. He was an Assistant Director at the Northern Region Legal Aid Scheme from 1996.[3] He later became the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Commission.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Seini is from Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Many detainees can't afford legal services - Legal Aid". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  • ^ Carlos, Latifa. "Legal aid services benefit poor, vulnerable". Public Agenda NewsPaper. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  • ^ a b "Seini appointed Director of Legal Aid Scheme". www.ghanaweb.com. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  • ^ "'Legal Aid Commission needs more lawyers'". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alhassan_Yahaya_Seini&oldid=1098618471"

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