About Us

A Brief History

Over the years, the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana, JUSAG served as the only Association in the Judicial Service of Ghana for all employees including the members of the Judiciary. The Association started as a Welfare Association that catered for welfare needs and gradually attained the status of a Union where it was given bargaining rights to negotiate for salaries and better conditions of service for staff.

As time evolved, the members of the Judiciary deemed it fit to establish the Association of Magistrates and Judges, Ghana, to cater for the Bench in both the superior and lower Courts. This was in accordance with the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, which clearly distinguishes the Members of Bench from the Staff of the Service.

As pertains in most institutions, it is a common practice to have separate Associations for Senior and Junior Staff. This is mainly due to the fact that both classes of employees have peculiar entitlements and in some cases clearly defined negotiation processes.

Consequently, in 2018, some senior members of staff in Accra and Kumasi came together to birth the idea to form this noble association. These senior members of staff, otherwise known as the Promoters of this association, after mooting the idea proceeded to register the association with the Registrar General’s Department and went further to attain the trade union certificate. Thus making SSAJUG a duly accredited Association to operate as a Trade Union to cater for the Senior Staff of the Judicial Service of Ghana.

SSAJUG attained the certificates for incorporation and to commence business on 16th August 2018 and the Trade Union registration certificate on 27th December 2018.