The Minister of Justice and Attorney General’s Department last week inaugurated its Ministerial Advisory Board.
The board was formed to fulfil the mandate of the Civil Service Act, 1993 (PNDC Law 327), section 39, to establish a Ministerial Advisory Board.
The members of the board were sworn in by Justice Marful Sau of the Appeal Court.
Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu, chairman of the board, said as stipulated by law, the Board is to promote constant interaction between the Ministry and the users of its service and also advice the minister on appropriate policy options.
She expressed concern about the challenges facing the ministry such as inadequate numbers of state attorneys and the uneven distribution of attorneys among the various grades.
“The middle level grades like Principal and Senior State attorneys are few whilst the lower grades such as assistant state attorneys are many. Such a situation creates a huge problem in the effective discharge of our mandate,” she stressed.
The Attorney General attribute the low staff rate to unattractive conditions of service and assured them that steps had already been taken to address the situation.
She added that in order to formulate appropriate policies, representatives of agencies including the Legal Service, Ghana School of Law, Council for Law Reporting, Local Aid Scheme, Law Reform Commission and the Serious Fraud Office had been selected as part of the Board.
She urged members of the Board to bring their individual knowledge, skill and competence together to improve on the performance of the ministry since they were selected based on their individual competences.
Other members of the nine member board are Mr. Ebo Barton-Odro, Deputy Attorney General, Justice Abdullah Iddrisu, Justice Kusi-Minksah Premo, Professor Kofi Quashigah, Mrs. Amma Gaisie, Mr. Suleiman Ahmed and Mr. Nii Osah Mills.
The board was formed to fulfil the mandate of the Civil Service Act, 1993 (PNDC Law 327), section 39, to establish a Ministerial Advisory Board.
The members of the board were sworn in by Justice Marful Sau of the Appeal Court.
Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu, chairman of the board, said as stipulated by law, the Board is to promote constant interaction between the Ministry and the users of its service and also advice the minister on appropriate policy options.
She expressed concern about the challenges facing the ministry such as inadequate numbers of state attorneys and the uneven distribution of attorneys among the various grades.
“The middle level grades like Principal and Senior State attorneys are few whilst the lower grades such as assistant state attorneys are many. Such a situation creates a huge problem in the effective discharge of our mandate,” she stressed.
The Attorney General attribute the low staff rate to unattractive conditions of service and assured them that steps had already been taken to address the situation.
She added that in order to formulate appropriate policies, representatives of agencies including the Legal Service, Ghana School of Law, Council for Law Reporting, Local Aid Scheme, Law Reform Commission and the Serious Fraud Office had been selected as part of the Board.
She urged members of the Board to bring their individual knowledge, skill and competence together to improve on the performance of the ministry since they were selected based on their individual competences.
Other members of the nine member board are Mr. Ebo Barton-Odro, Deputy Attorney General, Justice Abdullah Iddrisu, Justice Kusi-Minksah Premo, Professor Kofi Quashigah, Mrs. Amma Gaisie, Mr. Suleiman Ahmed and Mr. Nii Osah Mills.
