Youth Employment Agency and Ghana National Fire Service sign MoU to recruit 5,000 young people into the Fire Service to provide support services

The Chairman of the Trades Union Congress , Bernard Owusu, has once again pressed the government to rescind Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which permits mining activities within Ghana’s forest reserves.

"If we want to go beyond 15 judges, I have always believed in having a national conversation first. Let's sit around the table before we change a convention." - Martin Kpebu, Private Legal Practitioner

The Ghana Bar Association has escalated its opposition to President John Mahama’s suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, warning of imminent legal action if the directive is not revoked.

Deputy Minister for Justice and Attorney-General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, has said the government will treat the Ghana Bar Association’s (GBA) resolution on the suspension of the Chief Justice as merely political unless it is backed by sound legal reasoning.

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"It appears we are losing the import of the constitutional process that is ongoing. Political actors, including some lawyers, have drawn conclusions, but this is still a process. Let us all exercise restraint and allow it to run its course so that when a final report is issued, appropriate action can be taken."— Saviour Kudze, PRO, Ghana Bar Association.

The Ghana Medical Association has strongly criticised recent developments at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, describing the treatment of medical staff and the dismissal of the hospital's CEO as unjust and an abuse of power.

Private legal practitioner and Manhyia South Member of Parliament, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has described the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as a breach of the Constitution.

"This company has not only trespassed into protected reserves but has become a criminal syndicate, selling access of the Aboi Forest Reserve to illegal miners for a staggering GH₵300,000 per concession. Worse, these illegal miners operate under Akonta’s protection, devastating the River Tano and surrounding forests with impunity," Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah.