An astute private legal practitioner Lawyer Lamtiig Apanga has shared an inspirational story about himself becoming a lawyer as a watchman’s son. He said, his motive for sharing his story is to inspire others in a similar situation going through some kind of depression because they didn’t know what to do or who to run to for a piece of good advice and direction. Apexnewsgh.com report Narrating his story during an engagement with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Lawyer Lamtiig said;“It took me 9 years to become a Lawyer and I have been a Lawyer for the past 10 years. So, that tells you that it doesn’t matter how long you think the journey is, you still have to start. What people don’t notice is that time will pass, tomorrow will come and a day after tomorrow will come, next month will come and God willing next year will come. If you think 10 years is too far away, look 10 years back, it doesn’t look too far away but it has come and gone. So, if you don’t use the time, it would have come and go and you have done nothing with it”. “So, I took a step and I have no regret at all having endured 9 years becoming a lawyer, and is been 10 years after that, and am still happy that am a Lawyer”. Acknowledging his father’s effort and contribution, said his father was very happy before he passed on 5 years ago when he saw his son becoming a Lawyer. “This is a watchman who didn’t even think that he could raise a Lawyer but by the grace of God his help and support, he gave me the foundation to go all the way to secondary school and I took the foundation and build upon it to become a Lawyer”. He said “Anyone else can do it, don’t look at your background, don’t look at where your parents are coming from, don’t wait to have $ 1 million dollar sitting in your account to help you go to school, you don’t need to have a father who is a doctor or a Lawyer before you go to school”. He advised Meanwhile sharing a story of his time in the law school, he narrated “When I was in the Law school, our learned Senior Sam Okudzeto came to teach us advocacy and it is his style that everybody in the class must introduce themselves and whether they have lawyers in their family. So, we all mentioned out of 100 students in the class and when it got to my turn, I told them my father was a retired watchman and no Lawyer in my family, I can tell you that the whole class went quiet because none of them know my story”. According to Lamtiig, his learned Senior Sam Okudzeto from that day showed a lot of respect that if a watchman could raise his son to become a Lawyer, then you who is already a teacher, a nurse, or have received some amount of training, you can do better. Am sharing this story so that others will be inspired. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/GhanaFor publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com
John Dramani Mahama
