Offer free legal services to the poor- CCF boss urges young lawyer
The Executive Director of Crime Check Foundation (CCF), Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng has wooed student lawyers to consider giving free legal services to poor and voiceless persons when they become lawyers. He said though some poor persons may be innocent, the tendency of them landing in prison is high because of their inability to get a […]
Ensure the protection of rights of vagrants – MP for Kwadaso Urges MMDAs
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to ensure the protection of the fundamental human rights of the poor and voiceless in the formulation and application of local assembly bye-laws. Speaking at a sensitization workshop organized by Crime […]
Inadequate amenities: major cause of breaching bye-laws – vagrants in Ejisu
Residents of Ejisu have attributed the causes of harassments, arrests, fines and imprisonments of poor and voiceless citizens in the Municipality to inadequate social amenities, particularly suitable market centres and parking terminals. They indicate that the lack of these amenities forces them to carry-out their business activities at inappropriate spaces, which contravene the Ejisu Municipal […]
INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW WILL HELP REMOVE ‘VIOLENCE TAG’ – PRESIDING MEMBER OF ASOKORE MAMPONG MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY
The Presiding Member of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly (AMMA), in the Ashanti Region, Matthew Amissah has called for a concerted effort by residents in the Municipality to help delist its name from the list of Assemblies tagged as violent. Mr. Amissah has therefore called for increased sensitization on the national and local assembly bye-laws […]
USAID GHANA JUSTICE SECTOR SUPPORT ACTIVITY TEAM INTERACTS WITH THE POLICE SERVICE
The Director General of Police CID, COP Isaac Ken Yeboah has commended the US government for its support to the Ghana Case Tracking System (CTS) aimed at improving justice delivery in Ghana. Speaking at the meeting with the implementing partners of the USAID Ghana Justice Sector Support Activity who called on him at his office, […]