Category: Public Notice

Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency will go after individuals who engage in the indiscriminate display of dead bodies during funeral rites… – Kwabena Mintah Akandoh (Health Minister) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL7PXOUqsfE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link…

  The Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA) organized a stakeholder engagement on June 3, 2025, to gather input that will support the development of comprehensive guidelines and requirements for the repatriation of human remains. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Health’s conference hall, and it was a follow-up of a previous session held on September 17, 2024. Its core aim was to formulate a regulatory framework that would harmonize documentation procedures, simplify processes, and clarify protocols governing…

The Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency, MoFFA has formally issued provisional licenses to two facilities to operate in the Greater Accra Region.  This is the first time a license has been issued to any facility in the death care industry in Ghana.  he licenses were delivered by the new registrar of the Agency, Francis Ennin and his team.  The first licenses were issued to Lashibi Funeral Home and Crematorium, located at Lashibi in the Tema West Municipality.  The second licenses…

The MoFFA has officially started inspecting facilities in the Greater Accra region in order to obtain their licenses. The very first facility inspected was the Lashibi Funeral Home and Crematorium, situated in Lashibi. Led by Dr Yaw Twerefour the registrar, the team successfully inspected six fundamental services at the facility which consisted of a funeral home, mortuary, crematorium, columbarium, cemetery and hearse services. Among them was Dr Hobeno a consultant Pathologist from 37 Military Hospital assisting as well. Mr. Emmanuel…

  The Mortuaries and Funeral Facility Agency (MOFFA), the regulatory body for Ghana’s “death care industry,” is set to conduct its first-ever practical licensure examination by the end of the year.  The exams will determine which operators qualify for an “operational license” to legally commence business in the industry. Currently, no funeral home—whether private or government-owned—in Ghana holds a license to operate in the death care industry. This concerning situation has prompted MOFFA to establish a training school at Pentecost…

MORTUARY WORKERS TO TAKE LICENSURE EXAMS In a groundbreaking move, the Mortuary and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA) has announced that mortuary workers in Ghana will soon be required to take licensing exams before they can be employed. This historic move aims to ensure that mortuary workers operate in a safe and regulated environment. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MoFFA, Dr. Yaw Twerefour has said this new requirement is in line with the agency’s laws and regulations. Speaking at a…

TRAINING ON INSPECTION TOOLS The Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA) is an agency established by the Health Institutions and Facilities Act, 2011 (Act 829) with the mandate to “license, control and regulate facilities connected with the storage, transportation and disposal of human remains On 25th September, 2024, the Agency organized a training on its developed comprehensive inspection tools to assess and regulate the facilities under our jurisdiction. To ensure that these tools are effectively implemented, our staff along with…