The Board, Management and Staff of the Legal Resources Centre wish to inform our partners, corporate family, clients and the general public that our offices will be closed from Friday, 19th December, 2025 for the Christmas holidays, and resume on Monday, 12th January, 2026. We look forward to a much more fulfilling new year of […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) participated in the African Regional Forum on People-Centered Justice, held recently in Banjul, The Gambia, alongside the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). The forum, themed “Advancing People-Centered Justice in Africa: Building Just Societies for All,” took place from 27th to 29th October […]
The Centre highlighted the urgent need to ensure that road safety planning was central to the 24-hour economy, stressing that extended business hours without reforms could lead to more crashes and fatalities. Mr. Enock Jengre, Programmes Officer of the LRC made this call on the sidelines of the second Road Safety Journalism Training in Accra, […]
Road safety advocates and officials have called for urgent and far-reaching reforms to Ghana’s road infrastructure, to accommodate the growing number of motorcycles, tricycles, and bicycles, citing a sharp rise in traffic fatalities. At a road safety journalism training in Accra, experts said there was the need for improved road designs, helmet standards, and enforcement […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), in collaboration with the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) and Vital Strategies, has held the second edition of its Road Safety Journalism Training in Accra, with a focus on empowering journalists to lead the charge in road safety advocacy. The training, which comes at a time when Ghana is grappling […]
The Legal Resources Center has admonished journalists in the Northern Region to double their efforts reportage on road crashes and road-related offenses. The centre has over the years challenged journalists across the country to increase responsibility and professionalism in reporting on road-related issues. Journalists from across the northern regional capital, Tamale, were brought together and […]
Roads in the Ashanti region remain deadliest in terms of accidents in Ghana. According to the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), the region had, as at the end of July 2025, recorded 25.7 percent of road fatalities, and 34.6 percent of injuries, making it the highest in the country. From January 2020 to July 2025 […]
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), has identified the Ashanti Region as the epicenter of road crashes in Ghana, at least over the last four and a half years. Data gathered by the Authority reveal that from 2020 to 2024, the region recorded a total of 17,680 road crashes, resulting in the deaths of 2,831 […]
The Northern Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abdulai Bawa Ghamsah, has expressed deep concern over the persistent refusal of motorists to wear proper crash helmets, despite their proven role in saving lives and reducing road fatalities. Speaking at a capacity-building training programme for journalists and news editors in Tamale on September […]