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JUSAG Declares Indefinite Strike Over Unpaid Salary Arrears

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A strike placard displayed by workers during an industrial action.
A strike placard displayed by workers during an industrial action.

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has given notice of an indefinite nationwide strike, set to begin on Monday, January 19, 2026, over the government’s failure to pay outstanding salary arrears to its members.

In a letter dated January 12, 2026, and addressed to the Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, JUSAG said the decision followed prolonged engagements with the government over the review and implementation of salaries and related allowances for Judicial Service staff for the 2025 financial year.

According to the association, in line with Article 149 of the 1992 Constitution, former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo approved a 10 per cent base pay increase for Judicial Service employees for 2025, effective January 1, 2025, similar to what was granted to other public sector workers.

However, while the adjustment in related allowances was implemented in September 2025, the arrears covering January to August 2025 were not paid.

JUSAG said assurances were given that the arrears would be settled before the end of the 2025 fiscal year, but the government failed to honour that commitment.

The association further noted that despite a letter written on December 16, 2025, to the Judicial Council through the Judicial Secretary, and subsequent assurances from management, the eight months’ arrears remain unpaid.

The association described the situation as unbearable, stressing that Judicial Service staff, who serve the third arm of government, play a critical role in maintaining law, order, and stability in the country.

“The festive month of December was one of the most difficult moments for staff who were very expectant of the receipt of the much-anticipated eight months’ arrears, only to be met with shock and disappointment,” the statement said.

As a result, JUSAG said its National Executive Council, at an emergency meeting, resolved to embark on an indefinite strike until the outstanding salary arrears from January to August 2025 are fully paid.

Copies of the notice have been forwarded to the Chief Justice, the Judicial Secretary, the Ministers of Finance and Employment and Labour Relations, as well as other key stakeholders within the Judicial Service and organised labour.

 

 

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National Security Operatives Granted Bail over Alleged Land Guard Activities

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The eight suspected landguards currently in police custody following their arrest in Trasacco, Accra.
The eight suspected landguards currently in police custody following their arrest in Trasacco, Accra.
The Circuit Court in Dansoman has granted bail to eight alleged National Security operatives who were arrested for their alleged involvement in land guard activities at Trasacco Valley in the Greater Accra Region.

The court, presided over by Her Ladyship Halimah El-Alawa Abdul Baasit, a High Court judge sitting with additional responsibility as a Circuit Court judge, admitted each of the accused persons to bail in the sum of GH¢50,000 with three sureties after they pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The accused are Nuhu Ibrahim Nigaale, Richard Cobbina also known as Shaka Zulu, Victor Owusu, Obed Odai, Felix Kofi, Abubakar Mohammed, Andrew Agyemang and Fatawu Bawa.

They are facing multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit crime namely engaging in prohibited land guard activities, contrary to Section 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and Section 7(1) of the Vigilantism and Related Offences Act, 2019 (Act 999). They have also been charged with engaging in land guard activities without lawful authority.

Additionally, Nuhu Ibrahim Nigaale and Richard Cobbina Shaka Zulu face separate counts of possessing firearms and ammunition without lawful authority, contrary to Section 11 of the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1972 (NRCD 9), as well as unlawful discharge of firearms without authority.

According to the prosecution led by Chief Inspector Christopher Wonder, the complainants are police officers from the Accra Regional Anti-Land Guard Unit.

On January 10, 2026, the Accra Regional Police Command received a distress call that land guards had invaded a parcel of land at Trasacco Valley and were firing weapons indiscriminately, posing a threat to residents.

Patrol teams dispatched to the area reportedly met the suspects fleeing upon sighting the police. The officers pursued and arrested the accused persons, while other alleged accomplices escaped.

A search conducted on the suspects led to the retrieval of a Luger pistol loaded with seven rounds of 9mm ammunition and a Regard MC pistol loaded with twelve rounds of 9mm ammunition. An AK-47 rifle was also found abandoned at the scene.

The accused persons were subsequently charged and arraigned before the court. All of them pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Counsel for the accused persons disputed the facts presented by the prosecution and argued that the charges lacked essential particulars for adequate preparation of their defence.

Counsel further prayed the court to admit the accused to bail, noting that they are public officers with fixed places of abode, families, and sureties of substance, and are not flight risks.

The prosecution did not oppose the bail application but urged the court to impose conditions that would ensure the accused persons’ availability for trial.

In granting bail, the court ordered that two of the three sureties for each accused must be public servants residing within the court’s jurisdiction and earning not less than GH¢5,000, while the third surety must be justified.

The court further directed the accused persons to deposit their Ghana Cards at the court registry and report to the police once every week until otherwise directed.

The court ordered the prosecution to file its disclosures and witness statements ahead of a Case Management Conference scheduled to commence on March 2, 2026.

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Nyindam Prays Supreme Court: Quash The High Court Judgment! …But Justice Pwamang Questions Reliance On Article 99

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Matthew Nyindam - prays the court to quash the high court judgement

The Supreme Court has adjourned to January 28, 2026 to deliver its ruling in the Kpandai parliamentary election dispute after hearing arguments from Counsel for the various parties.

The apex court, presided over by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, as President, and sitting with Justices OmoroTanko, Yonny Kulendi, Samuel Asiedu and Henry Anthony Kwofie said its decision will bring finality to all outstanding issues arising from the petition.

The court also ordered that the existing injunction restraining a rerun of the election should remain in force until judgment day.

At the heart of the dispute is a controversy over the date on which the Electoral Commission (EC) gazetted the Kpandai election results, a determination that affects whether the election petition was filed within the constitutionally mandated time frame.

Applicant’s Case

Counsel for the applicant (Matthew Nyindam), Gary Nimako Marfo urged the court to invoke its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 132 of the Constitution and relevant statutes to quash the judgment of the High Court in Tamale (Commercial Division) delivered on November 24, 2025.

According to Mr Nimako Marfo, the High Court committed a jurisdictional error by entertaining a parliamentary election petition filed on January 25, 2025 when, in his view, the results had already been gazetted on December 24, 2024.

He argued that Article 99 of the Constitution and Section 18 of PNDC Law 284 clearly provide that a parliamentary election petition must be filed within 21 days after the gazette of the official results.

Based on the December 24, 2024 gazette, he submitted that the petition filed by Daniel Nsala Wakpal was out of time and therefore “incurably bad.”

“The learned High Court judge ought to have satisfied himself that he had jurisdiction before assuming jurisdiction,” counsel submitted, adding that the failure to do so rendered the entire proceedings and judgment null and void and liable to be quashed by the Supreme Court.

Respondent’s Opposition

Counsel for the first interested party, Sika Abla Addo, appearing for Daniel Nsala Wakpal, opposed the application, relying on an affidavit in opposition and a statement of case filed on January 6.

She accused the applicant of “cherry-picking” gazette notifications and argued that there were two relevant gazettes – dated December 24, 2024 and January 6, 2025.

According to her, the January 6, 2025 gazette should take precedence, as it formed the basis upon which the High Court assumed jurisdiction and heard the petition.

“With all intent and purposes, the court was satisfied that there was a gazette notification on January 6, 2025 and it was on the back of this that the court proceeded to hear the matter and delivered judgment,” she told the court, urging the justices to uphold the High Court’s decision.

Electoral Commission’s Position

Justin Amenuvor, Counsel for the Electoral Commission told the court that in similar cases, including the Akwatia matter, several gazettes circulating were online publications.

He said he personally went to the Assembly Press to obtain the officially published gazette when the issue arose.

Court’s Interventions

During proceedings, Justice Pwamang questioned the applicant’s reliance on Article 99 of the Constitution, noting that it sets out remedies in election matters.

He directed counsel to read Article 99(2) and queried whether the proper forum ought to have been the Supreme.

Mr. Nimako Marfo maintained his position in response.

After hearing all parties, the court adjourned the case to January 28, 2026 for judgment, with the injunction against any rerun of the Kpandai election to remain in force until then.

Police Retrieve Electrical Materials From Former MP’s House

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Mr Joseph Nelson, Western Regional Minister

Electrical materials suspected to be state property have been retrieved from the residence of the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpohor, John Sennie, following a complaint lodged by the Member of Parliament for the area, Kofi Bentil, and subsequent intervention by the Western regional minister, Joseph Nelson.

Police retrieved the said electrical materials from the residence of the former MP on Monday, last week, around 5pm, The Chronicle can confirm.

According to sources, the materials were originally intended for use on an electricity extension project within the Mpohor constituency, but were allegedly kept in the custody of the former MP.

Acting on the complaints, the Western Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Nelson, intervened to calm rising tension in Mpohor.

The matter was triggered after the sitting Member of Parliament reported, for the second time about concerns over the custody of the materials, which he and others suspected were meant for a government electrification project.

Confirming the story in a telephone interview with this reporter, Mr Nelson said the MP indicated to him (regional minister) that feedback from the Ministry of Energy suggested the items were state property.

The Regional Minister explained that discussions were also held with a Contractor involved in public electrification works, who confirmed that some of the materials in question were linked to ongoing or previous state-supported projects.

However, tension escalated when some individuals attempted to proceed to the private residence of the former MP in an attempt to retrieve the materials without formal authorisation.

“They went to his house and obviously, intruding upon somebody’s private residence was not something that was going to be taken lightly,” Mr Nelson said.

The situation prompted the involvement of the police, with officers deployed to the area to restore calm, as tension mounted around the residence.

The matter later attracted the attention of the Regional Police Command, which invited the parties involved, including the sitting MP, the former MP and Municipal Chief Executive to the Regional Police Headquarters.

Mr Joseph Nelson said he subsequently requested that the meeting be redirected to his office to allow for a more constructive engagement. “At the end of the day, we had a fruitful discussion,” he noted.

According to the Minister, two key issues emerged during the meeting, whether the materials were indeed state property or privately owned by the former MP.

While the former Legislator insisted the items were his personal property, Mr Nelson explained that establishing ownership through a full investigation would have been a lengthy process, with potential consequences.

In a move to de-escalate the situation, the former MP voluntarily offered to release the materials in his custody.

“With that offer, we felt the immediate problem was solved,” Mr Nelson said.

To further ease tension, the Regional Minister ruled that the materials should be placed under police custody.

The Contractor is expected to be invited at a later date to retrieve the items through the appropriate process, which has already been done.

“This was to take away the issue of alleged illegal custody and the tension surrounding it,” he added.

Mr Nelson also suggested that political undercurrents might have contributed to the heightened emotions around the matter, stressing the need for restraint and proper procedure in handling such disputes.

Touching on the broader context, the Minister explained that the materials were linked to an earlier electrification initiative intended to connect some communities to the national grid. Initially structured as a cost-sharing arrangement, with the MP contributing 40 per cent and the Ministry of Energy 60 per cent, the project later stalled.

Following a review, the Ministry eventually agreed to absorb the full cost of the electrification project, Mr Nelson said.

The Regional Minister has since called on all stakeholders to allow due process to prevail and to avoid actions that could inflame tensions or undermine public order.

The Member of Parliament for Mpohor, Kofi Bentil, maintained prior to the intervention by the regional minister that the electrical materials meant for a government-sponsored rural electrification project were being kept in the private custody of a former MP, more than a year, after the project stalled.

Speaking in an interview, the sitting MP said the materials which reportedly included transformers and electrical conductors were procured for a power extension project covering communities along the stretch from Bopp to K-3, K-5 and K-9.

According to him, the electrification project dates back to 2015 and 2016, and was initiated under the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, with continuity under the Akufo-Addo government.

“This is an old project started around 2015 or 2016. It was initiated by the then NDC government and later continued by the subsequent administration,” the MP explained.

While acknowledging that the former MP was in office when the project was ongoing, the sitting legislator clarified that he was not suggesting the former MP initiated the project.

However, he maintained that there was evidence the materials were being kept at the former MP’s residence.

“I am not making an allegation. The materials are there. I have pictures and videos to prove that transformers and conductors meant for the project are in his house,” he said.

He further claimed the items have remained in private custody for more than a year after the former MP lost the election.

“The materials have been there for over a year after they lost the election,” he stated.

The MP denied claims that party supporters attempted to forcibly retrieve the materials from the former MP’s residence, describing such reports as false.

“That is not true. Nobody decided to besiege his house or take the law into their own hands,” he said.

He explained that he formally reported the matter to the police and later escalated it to the Western Regional Minister after initial efforts failed to resolve the issue.

“I called the police to engage him and requested the release of the items. After that, I reported the issue to the Regional Minister, who invited us for discussions,” the MP said.

The Regional Minister’s intervention, he noted, helped de-escalate tensions and ensure that the matter was handled through appropriate administrative channels.

 

Speaking in a telephone interview, former MP John Sanie confirmed the electrical materials were lodged in his residence by the contractor working on the electrical extension project.

He said, as and when the contractor needed the materials, he came for them. He told this reporter it was not correct he deliberately kept the materials in his residence exactly a year after losing his seat as MP.

He said he initiated the electricity extension project as an MP, first on cost sharing until he became a legislator when the project was fully absorbed by the state.

He contended that he had not obstructed the contractor from working after losing his seat and that the contractor could confirm what he was telling the reporter.

He expressed disappointment in the sitting MP, NDC party and Assembly Members in the Mpohor for attempting to invade his residence to take custody of the materials.

 

 

 

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Vote For Ken Agyapong – Twifo-Hemang MP Urges Delegates

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Ken Agyapong - flagbearer aspirant

The Member of Parliament for Twifo- Hemang- Lower- Denkyira Constituency, Mr Lawrence Kwabena Agyinsam, has called on Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to vote massively for Mr Kennedy Agyapong, as the party’s flagbearer for the 2028 general election.

Mr Lawrence Agyinsam, who also serves as the Central Regional Campaign Coordinator for Mr Kennedy Agyapong, said the former Assin Central MP had a clear vision for the development of the Central Region and the country as a whole.

He noted that because Assin Central shared boundaries with Twifo- Hemang-Lower- Denkyira, a Kennedy Agyapong-led government would bring significant development to the area and Central Region as a whole.

He made these remarks at Denkyira-Jukwa, where he presented items including materials, cooking oil, rice, tinned tomatoes and other essentials to widows and senior citizens as their New Year gift.

Mr Lawrence Agyinsam urged the Delegates to support Mr Kennedy Agyapong in the party’s forth coming presidential primary, describing him as the right leader to unite the party and deliver progress for the nation.

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Police in landmark arrests: Man goes in for 20yrs, alleged rapists remanded

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DCOP Joseph Nyaaba (middle) addressing the media

Michael Antwi Boasiako, who was involved in a robbery incident at Wawase, near Dominase, in the Bekwai Municipality, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Bekwai Circuit Court.

The five suspected rapists from Juaso

This came to light at a media briefing by the Regional Police Commander, DCOP Joseph Hammond Nyaaba, at Bekwai, yesterday.

He stated that on the August 14, 2025 Michael Antwi Boasiako and his accomplice, now at large, hired the services of a Pragya rider, Godfred Tabi, to be taken to Wawase village, but attacked him on the way and took the Pragya from him, but was arrested by some good Samaritans who handed him over to the police.

In another development, DCOP Nyaaba said the Juaso Police have busted a robbery/rapists gang that has specialised in robbing and raping their victims, mainly young ladies and students, and abandoning them to their fate after the harrowing ordeals.

Michael Antwi Boasiako, jailed 20 years

He said the suspects lured their victims into a private car under the pretence of giving them a lift to their destinations, and then whisk them away to their hideouts at locations along the Morso road and rob and rape them.

The Commander said the Juaso District Police Command devised a strategy and arrested twelve suspects.

The nine who beat up public officers during football match

He said five of them namely David Adusa, Samuel Amantor, Andrew Osei, Shariff Mohammed and Joseph Addo Ofori were found to have been seriously implicated in the case and have been remanded to reappear on January 28, 2026.

The third case was the arrest of nine persons for their suspected involvement in the attack of public officers on January 3, 2026.

He stated that the nine attacked and beat up two security personnel while they were providing security for a football match and have been remanded.

From Frederick Danso Abeam Bekwai-Ash

 

 

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Editorial: Ghana’s Cities Are Suffocating Under Decades Of Policy Failure

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Editorial

For years, Ghana’s political leadership has spoken glowingly about decentralization, while presiding over its steady decay. The Chronicle finds this duplicity intolerable. The collapse of local governance has fuelled mass rural–urban migration and exposed a transport system so dysfunctional that it now threatens productivity, public safety and national cohesion.

Let us be blunt. Ghana’s local governance system has become a farce. What was constitutionally designed to drive equitable development has instead been reduced to a ceremonial structure—expensive to maintain, impressive on paper and largely moribund in practice.

Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have neither the autonomy nor the resources to meaningfully develop their jurisdictions, yet they remain convenient shields behind which central government hides its failures.

The Chronicle observes that decentralisation in Ghana has been deliberately hollowed out. District Chief Executives owe their allegiance to appointing authorities, not to the citizens they govern. Assemblies are starved of funds, development plans gather dust, and local initiative is stifled by political interference. This is not accidental, it is systemic.

The consequences are devastating. Large portions of rural and peri-urban Ghana have been effectively abandoned. With no jobs, poor infrastructure and limited services, citizens are being pushed -not pulled – into urban centres. This forced migration is the clearest indictment of Ghana’s failed local development agenda.

Yet, even as cities absorb this influx, government has shown little urgency in planning for it. Accra, Kumasi and other major cities are now monuments to policy failure, characterised by suffocating congestion and an overwhelmed transport system. The Chronicle finds it unacceptable that such conditions have been allowed to fester for decades with no comprehensive response.

Nearly 70 per cent of Ghanaians depend on public transport, yet the state has abdicated its responsibility to provide a functional mass transit system. Instead, mobility has been surrendered to an informal network dominated by transport unions, particularly the GPRTU, which now wields enormous power with minimal accountability. This situation is not reform, it is retreat.

The Chronicle has repeatedly pointed out that transport in Ghana is governed more by political convenience than by planning. Laws exist, regulatory agencies exist, and policies exist but enforcement is selectively applied or completely ignored. The result is a chaotic system where sub-standard vehicles operate freely, terminals are lawless, and commuter safety is treated as an afterthought.

Equally disturbing is the persistent concentration of national investment in Accra. With about 86 per cent of foreign direct investment channelled into the capital, government has entrenched a development model that rewards centralisation and punishes the regions. The Chronicle rejects the dangerous assumption that developing Accra alone equates to developing Ghana.

The near-total neglect of the railway sector further underscores the absence of strategic thinking. Rail transport – cheaper, safer and more efficient for mass movement – has been sacrificed to decades of policy inertia. Roads are overburdened, logistics costs are rising and congestion is worsening, yet railway revival remains trapped in rhetoric. The Chronicle maintains that any “Big Push” agenda that sidelines rail is intellectually dishonest.

Perhaps the most tragic outcome of this failure is public resignation. Ghanaians have been conditioned to accept dysfunction as normal. Traffic jams, transport indiscipline and hours lost daily are now treated as inevitable. The Chronicle warns that this normalisation of failure is a grave threat to democratic accountability.

We, therefore, state without apology that Ghana’s transport crisis is not accidental. It is the logical outcome of a broken local governance system, distorted investment priorities and a persistent lack of political courage.

We reiterate that Ghana is not Accra. Until government commits to genuine fiscal decentralisation, balanced regional development and fearless transport reform, free from union intimidation and political timidity, this crisis will deepen.

We at The Chronicle will continue to speak plainly, because silence in the face of such systemic failure would amount to complicity!

 

 

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Otumfuo axes Apatrapa Queen mother for illegitimate claim to stool

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Otumfuo Osei Tutu presiding over the court

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has destooled the Apatrapahemaa, Nana Akyaa Panin III, after it became evident at a private court at the Manhyia Palace on Monday (January 12, 2026) that she is not a royal and, therefore, illegitimate to occupy the Apatrapa stool.

Nana Yaa Pomaa – appointed Interim caretaker of Apatrapa female stool

Her claim to the Bosom Prah Kumaa Stool, as part of Apatrapa, was discounted as baseless because she had no link whatsoever with the Apatrapa Stool.

One Ama Agyeiwaa stated that Nana Akyaa Panin is not related by blood and explained that Akyaa Panin’s mother was a Caretaker at some point in time.

Madam Yaa Pomaa, a long-time contender told the meeting, presided by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, during a private court on Monday that Nana Akyaa Panin III is not a native of Apatrapa, but from Asisiriwa and that she lied about her lineage.

She said the Queen mother had severally thwarted her (Yaa Pomma) efforts from reclaiming the family’s legitimate possession of the stool.

Nana Akyaa Panin III – Destooled

Otumfuo Osei Tutu in determining that matter traced the blood line of the first occupant of the female stool of Apatrapa without any linkage to the queenmother.

The King recounted that the mother of Nana Akyaa Panin was excluded from Apatrapa stool thus exposing Nana Akyaa Panin’s illegitimacy as a result of which he destooled the Queenmother.

Otumfuo directed Nana Yaa Pomaa to take interim responsibility of the Apatrapa stool and find a suitable person to assume the position of a queen mother of Apatrapa.

The destoolment of Nana Akyaa Panin III adds to the list of traditional rulers who have been destooled by the Asantehene for various reasons including misconduct, insubordination, breach of oath (Ntamkesie) and multiple land sales.

Chiefs destooled under Asantehene’s watch since 2002 include: Ohenenana Kwaku Duah (Bonwire) October 11, 2002.

She was destooled for insubordination and flouting custom, including unauthorised enstoolment and destoolment of sub-chiefs; Nana Kofi Agyei Bi III, Atwimahene, removed on November 12, 2009 for fraudulent multiple sales of land and abuse of authority; Nana Mensah Bonsu (Pakyi Number One) destooled on May 22, 2015 after being found guilty of inciting disorder and misconduct against his oath.

Nana Ahenkro Sei III (Offinso-Ahenkro), was also removed in June 2019 for malfeasance, part of a series of disciplinary actions in that month and Akyamfour Kwame Akowuah III (Asafohene/Akwamuhene) destooled for gross insubordination, breach of the Great Oath and neglect of duties from 20th to 24th June, 2019.

Other destooled chiefs are Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman (Antoa) – destooled on May 29, 2023 for violating traditional procedures by installing a caretaker without approval and for illegal land sales; Nana Nketia Boampong II (Kwaso) was removed in June 2023 after being found guilty of fraud, extortion and multiple land-sale offences; Nana Osei Tiri Ababio (Adumoa, Afigya Kwabre), destooled in August 2023 for repeated violations of Otumfuo’s directives and multiple sales of stool lands.

Embattled Queenmother’s native sandals removed to signify her destoolment at the Manhyia court

Nana Kwaku Duah III (Abuontemhene, Kumasi) stripped of his title for illegal land sales in August 2023; Nana Osaforo Koto II (Bekwai-Abodom) removed from the stool on August 9, 2023 for unauthorised land transactions and neglect of stool responsibilities as well as destoolment of three Sabronum Chiefs (Gyaasehene, Akyeamehene, and Baamuhene) destooled in August 2024 over involvement in illegal mining (galamsey). In that particular case,   Otumfuo referenced

The Chronicle, as his source of information, and thus, reflecting Otumfuo’s uncompromising stance against chiefs complicit in environmental destruction.

The rest of the destooled chiefs are Wirempehene(Nana Opia Mensah II) destooled on September 3, 2024 for desecration and misuse of sacred oath obligations, marked by ritualised removal of his stool regalia; Nana Kusi Baaye II (Ohwimhene) destooled on February 25, 2025 on charges of involvement in galamsey and desecration of customary oaths.

Nana Amofa Twumasi II (Mpasaaso No. 2) removed on March 10, 2025 after 41 years as chief. He faced charges of galamsey involvement, perjury, and accountability failures.

Four of his elders were also sanctioned, highlighting collective responsibility in stool governance.

In similar circumstances, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II destooled the Kwaprahene, Nana Baffour Adu Gyamfi Kumanini in December 2023 for double sale of lands within Kwapra.

Nana Adutwumwaa Bonin II, the Queen of Denyase Traditional Area was also destooled on October 14, 2024 at an Asanteman Council meeting for violating the sacred Great oath of Ashanti through treacherous invocation.

Under the Asanteman Traditional system, which provides a model of checks and balances, no chief or queenmother is above accountability to the Golden Stool and to his subjects.

 

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Ledzokuku Assembly evacuates 10-year-old refuse dump

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The refuse being evacuated

The Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly at Teshie, in the Greater Accra region, has commenced the evacuation of 10-year-old refuse dump and other sites in the community.

The evacuation was aimed at preventing the outbreak of diseases because of poor disposal of refuse in the past, which has now turned into a mountain-like refuse piles at three different locations in the Municipality.

The payloader clearing the refuse

On hand were the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) equipment for the Municipality, which were being used for the smooth transfer of the pile of the refuse for treatment and burying, under the supervision of the Municipal Chief Executive for Ledzokuku, Israel Adjetey Otchwenmah.

Speaking to the media on Thursday, the MCE indicated that upon his assumption of office, he identified three hotspots that needed urgent action to prevent outbreak of illnesses.

He mentioned the 10-year refuse dump behind the Teshie Technical Institute, a dumping site at the Teshie Gonno School and the back of Salem School.

The MCE explained that the refuse piles were being evacuated into some prepared pits for treatment before being buried at different locations nearby.

He attributed the quick response as part of the assembly’s effort towards creating an enabling environment for the people to go about their businesses without much a difficulty.

The MCE assured the people that the government would continue to provide the crucial needs of the people to improve the standard of living.

The Municipal Director of Education for Ledzokuku, Mrs Theresa Tetteh, who witnessed the evacuation exercise was happy the pile of refuse in the various locations were being evacuated since it would go a long way to create an enabling environment for effective teaching and learning in the schools in the area.

The evacuated refuse being offloaded into a pit

She thanked the MCE and the assembly for their effort towards creating a conducive environment for effective teaching and learning in schools in the Municipality. Mr Charles Kottey Ashie, Head of Sanitation Sub-Committee at the Ledzokuku Municipality pledged the assembly’s desire to sustain the clearing of refuse at various locations in the municipality.

He appealed to the residents to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse, since it posed a great health hazard to the people and the country.

Background

Despite the enacting of by-laws regulating the disposal and management of refuse in the Ledzokuku Municipality, some indiscipline residents have developed the habit of disposing off refuse anyhow.

This does not only pose a great danger to the people, but also increases government budget for sanitation and health since fund must be sought to provide health care for people who have become sick due to such act and also managing such sanitation issues.

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GTA begins 2026 agenda with stakeholder meeting 

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The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has opened its 2026 engagement calendar with a high-level stakeholders’ meeting to outline priorities for the year.

The meeting, the first of its kind in 2026, brought together representatives from the hospitality industry, tour operators, event promoters, cultural and heritage institutions, allied service providers and senior management of the Authority.

Mrs Maame Efua Houadjeto, Chief Executive Officer of the GTA, reaffirmed the Authority’s commitment to deeper, structured and sustained stakeholder engagement, stressing that collaboration was critical to consolidating recent gains in the sector.

“This year, our engagement with industry stakeholders will be more deliberate, more consistent, and more results-driven,” she said.

Mrs Houadjeto noted that tourism development could not be pursued in isolation, adding that closer collaboration would help align priorities, improve standards and strengthen the sector’s global competitiveness.

“Tourism cannot grow in silos. Our focus is to work closely with stakeholders, listen more, align better, and build a sector that is professional, competitive, and globally respected,” she stated.

She said capacity building and training would be a major focus for the Authority in 2026, aimed at enhancing service delivery, improving operational standards and elevating the visitor experience nationwide.

“Training is no longer optional. To protect Ghana’s tourism brand and remain competitive, we must continuously upgrade skills, improve service delivery, and professionalise every layer of the sector.

“The GTA will prioritise targeted training programmes to support industry players and raise standards across board,” she said.

Reflecting on recent achievements, Mrs Houadjeto cited the impact of the “December in GH” initiative as evidence of effective public-private collaboration but emphasised that the focus in 2026 would be on consolidation to ensure long-term sustainability.

She outlined priority areas for the year, including strengthening “December in GH” as a structured tourism economy, deepening heritage and cultural tourism, expanding domestic tourism initiatives, enforcing standards and compliance, and driving innovation through strategic partnerships.

Mrs Houadjeto reiterated the GTA’s resolve to maintain open and consistent engagement with stakeholders throughout the year to build a resilient, inclusive and high-performing tourism industry.

Participants welcomed the initiative and pledged to work closely with the Authority to grow the sector, create employment opportunities and enhance Ghana’s position as a preferred tourism destination.

GNA

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