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Deputy Attorney General has hinted that President Akufo Addo would confirm the appointment of Jean Mensah as EC Chairperson within the next 24 hours. He gave the hint in an interview with the press after the Supreme Court refused an application for interlocutory injunction filed by Fafali Nyonator, the private citizen challenging the removal of Charlotte Osei as EC Boss. There are indications that the Council of State has approved the nominations forwarded by the President. Godfred Yeboah Dame says the Court's decision clears  the way for the appointment and the President would act accordingly.

The Senior Staff Association of the Volta River Authority is opposing moves the amend the Build, Own, Operate  and Transfer agreement with Ameri Power. Under the agreement the power plants contracted by the erstwhile John Mahama led administration to tackle the power crisis at the time, would become properties of Ghana in two and a half years. The Nana Akufo Addo led administration which inherited the agreement is however seeking to extend its tenure. Even though it's unclear what is contained in the amendment bill submitted to Parliament, Gold News sources within the Mines and Energy Committe describe the amended deal "terrible." Government in defence of its claims move says the agreement would ease the burden on the consumer. The VRA Senior Staff in a statement described the amendment as needless and are convinced it would only make the agreement more expensive to the Ghanaian taxpayer. The Union is also concerned about the VRA which is suffering financial diffic...

The Chiefs and people of Dorfor Traditional area are demanding the return of a land possessed in 1975.  According to the acting President of Dorfor Traditional Area, Togbui Ananze Titriku XII  the land in question was possessed by Supreme Military Council and has remained in the hands of the State since then. Flanked by his sub-chiefs, Togbui Ananze Titriku XII at a press conference alleged that Vume Torgorme, who he described as traditional settlers on Dorfor land are seriously laying claims to lands stretching from Nigokpoe through Atitekpoe, Tagadzi to Kluma Dorfor. Togbui Ananze Titriku XII described the current situation as wrong and provocative since the said stretch of land belongs to Dorfor State and not Vume Torgome. “The said area was taken over by the Supreme Military Council since 1975 from the chiefs and people of Dorfor Traditional Area for cotton project which is yet to be developed,” he said. He  noted that the land in question is part...

An Accra High Court has ordered the Registrar of Companies to take control over the assets of the Ghana Football Association. The order bars any member of the Association from exercising any control over its assets until the substantive petition to liquidate the GFA is heard. The court gave the orders as it granted an application filed by the Attorney General. The state had filed the application to keep the hands of members of the GFA off the assets and day to day management of the FA until the petition is determined. Lawyers for the FA led by Thadeus Sory had opposed the application as frivolous but Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu diasagree. Thaddeus Sory had argued that the move to take custody of the assets and place an injunction on the FA is amounts to painting the whole football management body with corruption when the evidence attacks specific individuals. Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu however said the state represented by the Deputy Attorney General Godfr...

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSSAG) has served notice it's members would embark on an industrial action if government continues to delay in the payment of their fuel allowances. According to JUSSAG its members have not received their fuel allowances since 2016. This came to light during the swearing in of newly elected executives of JUSSAG. President of the Association Alex Nartey who revealed this indicated that government is taken too long to pay these arrears testing their patience in the process. He said association has given government up to June 29 to pay these arrears or risk grinding judicial service provision to a halt. Mr. Nartey says any industrial action would be preceded by a meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Association. He stated that despite the pussyfooting of government they have remained diligent in the performance of their duties saying "a labour deserves his wage."

The first thing that occurred to me when I first saw Elikplim Agbemava 2020 posters is his motive for filing the constitutional case against the pardon granted to the Montie 3. That question is coming up now but with an interesting twist; Elikplim Agbemava is being accused of conniving with Executive Secretary to the President Nana Asante Bediatuo to attempt get the Montie 3 jailed again. Whiles, I note that Elikplim Agbemava has publicly responded to the “connivance” allegation, I would like to contribute to the debate by sharing portions of an article I wrote on this same subject matter in my article titled; Bediatuo's disinterest; Dotse's advice and vanishing Attorney. The first case was one filed by Elikplim Lorlormavor Agbemava challenging the scope of the constitutionally conferred power to pardon of the President of Ghana. He sent the case after concerns emerged about the decision of former President John Mahama to remit the sentences three gentlemen wh...

The Attorney General has put up a spirited defence of the controversial findings of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice. Pressure group, Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) is contesting portions of the report authored by CHRAJ on the petition against the processes that governed the issuance of the controversial 2.25 billion dollars bond. The CHRAJ investigative report on the petition filed by Yaw Brogya Gyamfi concluded that the Finance Minister did not engage in conflict of interest even though he placed himself in a potential conflict of interest situation by not declaring his interest in some companies. DYMOG in a suit before the Supreme Court argues that CHRAJ overstepped its jurisdiction and ended up interpreting Article 287 of the 1992 constitution, a privilege preserved for the apex court of the land. The Attorney General in a 13 page response intercepted by radiogold905.com and filed by Chief State Attorney Sylvester Williams however belie...