Registrar of Companies to strike off 8,531 companies in default by May 2024 [Video]

The decision, according to the ORC has become necessary to purge the Register of dormant companies and companies in default for failure to file their annual returns and update their entities records in accordance with Section 126 of the Companies Act 2019 (Act 992).

In a statement issued by the ORC and sighted by GhanaWeb Business, it explained that the decision comes some two years after the Office had conducted rigorous sensitization and multiple publications of these companies in the media and its website as required by the Companies Act.

“Despite all efforts by the Office of the Registrar of Companies to encourage stakeholders to file returns, some companies have still not complied with this directive,” the ORC said.

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