Activities of the House are carried out through the Committee system. At the moment there are eight (8) main Committees in the House with different functions. These Committees are as follows;
Governance and Development Committee
The Governance and Development Committee of the House is mandated to propose to the National House of Chiefs appropriate input into the National Budget, aside from the annual estimates of the House. The Committee is also tasked to advice the government on development and governance matters and also monitors the implementation of government projects as well as advice the House on how to support chiefs in the country to initiate developmental projects in their communities.
Judicial Committee
There is a Judicial Committee made up of four panels. Each panel is entrusted to hear cases from specific Regional House of Chiefs. A member from a Region is not appointed to serve on a panel hearing cases from his region or a region with similar cultural or traditional values.
The four sets of panel of the Judicial Committees are indicated below;
- Cases from Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions are heard by one set of five chiefs from Northern, Central, Western and Upper East Regions.
- Cases from Central, Volta and Western Regions are heard by another set of members from Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Greater Accra Regions
- Cases from Eastern, Upper West, and Greater Accra Regions are heard by a set of members from Upper East, Brong Ahafo, Northern and Central Regions.
- Cases from Northern and Upper East Regions are heard by the last set of members from Volta, Upper West, Greater Accra and Central Region.