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Search Watch live Home News Politics Business Sports Entertainment Opinion Videos More I will ensure that your concerns are addressed immediately - Attorney-General assures JUSAG The meeting provided an opportunity for JUSAG to present in detail the issues that led to the industrial action and to discuss pathways for an amicable resolution in the interest of justice delivery and the public.

Comment Prefer 3News on Google Ask AI Listen to this article AI narration Playback position 0:00 2:55 10 10 Playback speed 1× The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has met with the national leadership of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) to listen to their concerns and explore ways of resolving the ongoing strike action by judicial service staff.

The meeting provided an opportunity for JUSAG to present in detail the issues that led to the industrial action and to discuss pathways for an amicable resolution in the interest of justice delivery and the public.

The Attorney-General assured the leadership of his commitment to ensuring that their legitimate concerns are addressed.

"As you may be aware, I was the one that prepared and got C.I. 141 — Judicial Service Terms and Conditions Regulations, 2025 — expeditiously passed as soon as we came into office, to bring clarity to your conditions of service. I have also, by way of legal opinion, advised the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission that your issues about allowances are legitimate, pursuant to the C.I. I have always been with you and will ensure that you get what is due you," Dr Ayine said in his opening remarks.

Dr Ayine also pledged to take up their matters directly with the Minister for Finance for urgent resolution.

"I have a meeting with the Finance Minister tomorrow and your issues are top of the agenda. Your role in justice delivery is critical and as Minister of Justice, I will ensure that these concerns are addressed immediately," Dr Ayine told the JUSAG leadership.

The leadership of JUSAG commended the Attorney-General for standing with them, for his open-door approach, and for his willingness to champion their cause at the highest levels of government.

"We have had a reason to smile at this meeting because you have demonstrated that you are indeed with us. If there's one public official who has understood our issues, then it is you, Mr Minister. This is a very productive meeting and we will reflect over your plea with us to return to work and make a decision accordingly while we await feedback from your meeting with the Finance Minister," Mr Abdulai Yakubu, JUSAG General Secretary, remarked.

Both parties expressed optimism that the engagement would pave the way for a swift return to normalcy in the courts and for a lasting solution to the concerns raised by staff.

JUSAG declared an indefinite strike on Friday, October 30, 2026, over unpaid allowances and has since been meeting with relevant stakeholders to seek a resolution to its concerns.

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Search Watch live Home News Politics Business Sports Entertainment Opinion Videos More Business Registrar of Companies gives 453 firms until January to avoid strike-off; 323 dissolved Owners can search Companies Bulletin Volumes 48 and 49 for their firm. A dissolved company can now return only by court order.

Comment Prefer 3News on Google Ask AI Listen to this article AI narration Playback position 0:00 5:14 10 10 Playback speed 1× Ghana's Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has given 453 companies until mid-January to show why they should not be struck off, and has dissolved 323 others, it announced on Wednesday.

The two lists appear in Volumes 48 and 49 of the Companies Bulletin , dated Thursday, October 15, and signed by Registrar of Companies Maame Samma Peprah. Together they affect 776 companies.

The 453 firms are on notice under section 289(3) of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) . Their names will be removed and the companies will "stand dissolved" once three months from October 15 have passed, the notice says, "unless cause is shown to the contrary".

The 323 companies on the second list are already gone. The Registrar removed them under section 289(5) after an earlier notice of intention, published in Volume 40 of the bulletin, drew no response showing why they should stay.

The ORC has asked affected companies, their creditors and shareholders, and anyone else with an interest, to regularise their status where they can or to contact the office for guidance.

Section 289 allows the Registrar to act when it has "reasonable cause to believe that the company is not carrying on business or is not in operation".

The law sets out the steps. The Registrar first writes to ask whether the company is still operating.

With no reply in two months, a second letter follows, warning that a strike-off notice will be published if another two months pass in silence.

Only then does the notice go into the bulletin and the three-month countdown start.

Not every name is a trading firm. The pending list includes foundations, churches, a microfinance company and a radio station, all registered as companies.

The last entries on the dissolved list include the Taiwan Trade and Culture Representative Office and three entities registered as companies limited by guarantee: Taiwan-Ghana Private Trade & Investment, Formosa Development Association and Taiwan Ghana Friendship Association.

In May, the ORC announced it was striking off 318 companies for failing to file annual returns.

In January, it also began enforcing penalties on companies that had not filed beneficial ownership information , the details of the people who ultimately own or control them.

The ORC lists its processing fee for an annual return as GH¢100.

A dissolved company can come back only through the courts. Under section 289(7), a liquidator, former officer, member or creditor, or someone claiming through them, can apply within 12 years of the strike-off being published.

The court can then declare the dissolution void and order the name restored to the register, on terms it considers fit.

Dissolution does not wipe out personal liability. Section 289(6) says the liability of every director, officer and member continues and can be enforced as if the company had not been dissolved.

A separate ORC notice, also issued on Wednesday, covers business names, which must be renewed every year.

Any name not renewed by Sunday, January 17, 2027 will be treated as lapsed and removed from the register, the business names notice says. Anyone who keeps trading under a cancelled name will be in breach of the law and liable to sanctions.

Owners can renew at any ORC office or through the USSD code *222#, pay any outstanding fees and update details such as their address. Those who no longer use a name can write to the Registrar to have it removed.

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Parliament will rescind the passage of the anti-LGBTQ bill to correct errors in its penalty provisions, Majority Leader James Agalga has disclosed.

Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, he said mistakes in calculating penalty units could create serious problems when courts apply the proposed law.

“For instance, how to compute penalty units was completely done in error, in some cases,” he said.

The House will therefore reverse its approval at the third-reading stage. That will allow lawmakers to reopen consideration of the bill and correct the provisions before sending it to the President.

“The penal provisions are not aligned. They are not aligned properly,” Mr Agalga said.

He explained that the penalties must align with existing legislation. The corrections would leave the bill's substance largely intact.

The planned reversal follows months of controversy over the bill’s May 29 passage. Speaker Alban Bagbin subsequently directed Parliament to revisit the process.

He raised concerns about procedural compliance and whether the bipartisan support recorded at committee level was reflected on the floor.

Then Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga defended the passage and maintained that Parliament had followed its rules.

The legislation also triggered disagreements over proposed exemptions for journalists, lawyers and health professionals.

Critics within Parliament argued that the changes weakened the bill. Its defenders maintained that the exemptions protected legitimate professional duties.

Mr Agalga said the latest intervention concerned how the penalties would be applied in practice.

“Otherwise, the bill as it stands in this current form would have serious challenges when it comes to implementation,” he warned.

He confirmed that Parliament intended to complete the corrections during the current meeting. Asked whether the bill would reach the President this month, he replied: “Absolutely”.

He also rejected suggestions that the delay reflected a change in the President’s position.

“Contrary to all the wild speculations that the President has shifted goalposts and all that. No, he hasn't.”

Mr Agalga said Parliament had identified the defects and was responsible for fixing them before transmission.

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Search Watch live Home News Politics Business Sports Entertainment Opinion Videos More Politics Insure all government vehicles and fund premiums in 2027 Budget – Chief Whips Dafeamekpor and Annoh-Dompreh want the 1958 exemption scrapped, citing uninsured state vehicles, judgment debts and victims left without compensation.

Comment Prefer 3News on Google Ask AI Listen to this article AI narration Playback position 0:00 5:43 10 10 Playback speed 1× Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor and Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh on Wednesday asked the government to insure every state vehicle and fund the premiums in the 2027 Budget.

In a joint statement on the floor of Parliament, they called for an end to the exemption that lets government vehicles run without compulsory third-party insurance.

“Mr Speaker, a State that asks its citizens to insure must be willing to insure itself,” the statement said.

The Speaker directed the Attorney-General and the Finance Minister to act on it.

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson is due to present the 2027 Budget to Parliament on Thursday, November 12 .

The two whips, from opposite sides of the House, set out these demands:

Dafeamekpor, the South Dayi MP, also asked the Finance Minister to revoke the blanket exemption by legislative instrument unless the security deposits the law requires are lodged with the Accountant-General, gazetted and verified by the Auditor-General.

He told the House those deposits had not been lodged since 1958. He also pointed to Section 220 of the Insurance Act, 2021 (Act 1061), which reinforces compulsory third-party cover on public roads.

He asked for the statement to go to the Joint Committees on Roads and Transport, Finance, and Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, with a report and proposals for legal reform within two weeks.

Beyond third-party cover, he wants comprehensive policies on vehicles assigned to ministers and MPs.

The statement dismissed the idea that the state can just compensate victims directly. “However, self-insurance without a ring-fenced fund is a promise on paper,” it said.

Victims could end up petitioning a ministry, taking the Attorney-General to court and waiting for budget money that may never come, the whips argued.

Insurance would give them rights they can enforce and let the state budget for premiums rather than face unpredictable judgment debts. “Compensation becomes a right, not a favour,” the statement said.

Dafeamekpor said uninsured state vehicles cost lives on the road and public money in court.

“The state is killing us twice. The first killing occurs on the asphalt through avoidable road crashes. The second occurs in the courtroom,” he said.

The statement cited Public Accounts Committee findings from 2022 suggesting that of more than 18,000 state vehicles, 98 to 99 per cent had no insurance.

Dafeamekpor, then a member of the committee, raised that figure at a sitting in Ho in May 2022. He told the Ghana News Agency then that families of crash victims got nothing in compensation.

On Wednesday, Dafeamekpor cited the Auditor-General's report for 2021, which found 92 official vehicles at the Attorney-General's Office and Ministry of Justice running without insurance.

One of that ministry's vehicles, GN 3118-10, crashed in 2013, killing one person and injuring four. The court case that followed left the state with a GH¢266,399 judgment debt.

“When summoned before the Public Accounts Committee, the Chief Director testified that they couldn't find the 200,000 to even insure the vehicles,” Dafeamekpor said.

The statement also cited the crash of an uninsured GETFund school bus near Koforidua in 2024, whose victims received no insurance benefit.

That appears to be the Koforidua Senior High Technical School bus, which crashed on the Aseseeso–Somanya road on June 29, 2024, while carrying staff to a funeral. Reports at the time said it was not insured.

Citing the National Road Safety Authority, the whips said 2,949 people were killed in 14,743 crashes in 2025, up 18.2 per cent on 2024.

Regional figures for this year are also up. The Ashanti Region recorded 212 road deaths in the first quarter of 2026 , up from 194 a year earlier.

The whips commended Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh for insuring the national ambulance fleet. He told Parliament's Government Assurance Committee in July that the whole ambulance fleet had no insurance when he took office.

Akandoh has said all ambulances were insured in 2025. Dafeamekpor said the state had bought more than 300 ambulances and that some had crashed, adding to the Health Ministry's costs.

Dafeamekpor estimated that comprehensive cover for a US$80,000 Toyota Land Cruiser, at a premium of five per cent, would cost about US$4,000, roughly GH¢55,000.

The whips said the exemption had survived governments of both parties.

“Mr Speaker, this is not an indictment of one administration,” the statement said.

“Successive governments, including mine, left this exemption untouched. Fixing it should be a test we all pass.”

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Majority Leader James Agalga has ruled out declaring the Asante Akyem North parliamentary seat vacant over the detention of its MP, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, in the Netherlands.

Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, he said the MP had not been convicted. He argued that removing him from Parliament would violate his rights.

“No, we can't do that. He's not been convicted. If you declare the seat vacant and the courts clear him, what happens?”

Mr Frimpong remains in Dutch custody as he faces extradition proceedings linked to allegations of scams in the United States.

Mr Agalga insisted that the allegations could not override the MP’s presumption of innocence.

“Yes, we have to respect his rights. Doing otherwise would violate his rights. His right to innocence, the presumption of innocence, is well enshrined in our constitution.”

He said MPs were united on the need to uphold that principle.

“So we wish our colleague well. He's innocent until proven guilty. Then there's unanimity in Parliament that we must respect that principle.”

Mr Frimpong was arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on May 10, 2026, after arriving from Ghana, following a US extradition request. Parliament confirmed his detention and contacted Ghana’s diplomatic mission in The Hague.

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa subsequently confirmed consular assistance, including a visit to the MP.

Two attempts to secure bail have failed. Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has said the extradition hearing is scheduled for November 18, 2026.

Mr Agalga confirmed that he had been formally briefed. However, he said he did not know the precise details of the alleged scam.

“I do not know the actual details. In fact, when the pressures of work ease a bit, I intend to pay him a visit.”

He said the planned visit would help him obtain firsthand information about the case.

The Majority Leader also said Ghana’s mission in Brussels was assisting the detained legislator.

“He's a Member of Parliament, so our mission in Brussels is assisting.”

For now, he said, Parliament was awaiting the outcome of the court applications.

“We pray for our colleague that the applications that are currently before the court would come out favourably for him”.

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Menu Search for Switch skin Home News Politics Business Sports Crime Africa More World Education Editorial Features Lifestyle Technology Gallery Contact Us Facebook X TikTok RSS Switch skin Search for Hot! News Sam George meets Defence Minister, Military High Command over Ningo-Prampram operation November 4, 2026 1 minute read Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram and Minister for Communications and Digital Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has met with the Minister for Defence to discuss matters arising from a joint military/police operation in his constituency.

The meeting, held this morning, was also attended by the Chief of Defence Staff and the three Service Commanders.

According to Sam George, the High Command raised concerns about portions of a video in which he addressed his constituents following last Tuesday's incident, during which several residents were assaulted and three others sustained gunshot wounds.

"I assured the High Command that my remarks were never intended as an attack on the Ghana Armed Forces, an institution I hold in the highest regard, as I stated in that same address," he said.

He added that he expressed understanding at how his remarks were received by the larger Army fraternity and agreed to work closer with the Minister for Defence in future situations.

"My concern was, and remains, the conduct of the personnel involved in the incident and the harm my constituents suffered," he stressed.

As Member of Parliament, Sam George said he has a duty to speak up for the people who elected him, and he will always do so.

He said he is encouraged by the Chief of Defence Staff's commitment to open an investigation into the matter, and trusts it will be thorough and that its outcome will be made known.

"I thank my colleague, the Minister for Defence, for his swift intervention. I look forward to working with him and the Military High Command to ensure that the rights of the people of Ningo-Prampram are protected, and that the integrity and proud image of our Ghana Armed Forces are upheld," he said.

He urged his constituents to remain calm, cooperate fully with the investigation, and allow the process to run its course.