General News of Friday, 17 August 2018Source: 3news.com575 birth certificate applicants overcharged to receive a refund of GHC30 eachEach of the applicants were charged 50 cedis as against the approved fee of 20 cedisThe Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has been ordered to refund to some 575 birth certificate applicants in Suhum in the Eastern Region who were overcharged. The Collection Officer at the Suhum office of the Birth and Death Registry was cited in the 2016 Auditor General’s report as having charged birth certificate applicants 50 cedis each instead of the approved 20 cedis fee, TV3 correspondent Chatherine Frimpongmaa reported. The Committee thus asked the Ministry of Local Government under which the Birth and Death Registry falls to consequently refund the excess charge to the 500 applicants. It also recommended to the Ministry to sanction the officer in question, which the Ministry said it will consider. Acting Registrar of Birth and Death, Kingsley Asare Addo has meanwhile said the Registry have put in place measures to digitize their operations, which will among other things remove some of these issues faced by applicants.

Source: GhanaWeb August 17, 2018 17:37 UTC