Alhassan Yahaya Seini Explained

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

Education

Seini obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ghana in 1981 and He is also a member of the Ghana Bar Association.^[3]

Occupation

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. He later became the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Commission.^[4]

Personal life

Seini is from Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Many detainees can't afford legal services - Legal Aid. 2020-09-27. Graphic Online. en-gb.
2. Web site: Carlos. Latifa. Legal aid services benefit poor, vulnerable. 2020-09-27. Public Agenda NewsPaper. en-US.
3. Web site: 19 December 2008. Seini appointed Director of Legal Aid Scheme. 2020-09-27. www.ghanaweb.com. en.
4. Web site: ‘Legal Aid Commission needs more lawyers’. 2020-09-27. Graphic Online. en-gb.