Reps Committee adjourns NOUN Law Graduates petition hearing

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, chaired by Hon. Anthony Matthew Nwogu, has adjourned hearing on petition against the Council for Legal Education, CLE, earlier scheduled for Wednesday 16th September, 2026.

Graduates of Law from the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, brought the petition for intervention by the Chamber, complaining that their legal career has been grounded by the CLE for not allowing them to proceed to law school.

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The panel was set to deliberate the matter involving over 400 law graduates, but the parties involved were yet to file all relevant documents which would form the basis with which lawmakers will consider before arriving at a conclusion.

The Committee having adjourned the matter to September 30, urged all parties to make their submissions before the next adjourned date.

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CAPITAL POST reports that agencies expected to file their responses are the Council for Legal Education, the National Open University of Nigeria, the Body of Benchers, BoB, the Attorney General of the Federation, the National Universities Commission and a few others.

The Chairman said the panel will give serious attention to the petition, given its significant importance to a large number of people across the country.

The petition, numbered 902, was filed by NOUN law graduates against the University, the Nigerian Law School and the Council for Legal Education.

The petitioners appeared before the committee at the first hearing led by Dr. Adeniyin Oladele, President of the NOUN Law Graduates.

Other representatives of the group included Nora John, Vice-President; Chibueze Kenneth Oboji, Public Relations Officer; and Dr. Oke H. Ofo, a member of the group.

CAPITAL POST recalled that the Council for Legal Education had admitted first and second batch of the NOUN Law gtaduates through its SRP arm and have written their Bar final and called to the Nigerian Bar Association, thus, it remains unknown, reasons the current bar aspirants were stopped.

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