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Magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice take an oath of secrecy by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Photographs: Samuel Tei Adano
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that 98 courts and bungalows are being built in the country’s 16 regions for judges with the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).
He said the intervention was to help address the inadequate judicial infrastructure in the country, which caused some citizens to travel long distances to access the courts.
The president said this when he swore in 16 Superior Court judges at Jubilee House in Accra yesterday.
Judges
The judges include Eva Bannerman-Williams, Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew, Yaw Owoahene Acheampong, Samuel Boakye-Yiadom, Abdul Yusif Asibey, Elfreda Amy Dankyi, Samuel Faraday Johnson, and Sheila Minta.
The rest are Ms. Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, Nana Yaw Gyamfi Frimpong, Mr. Ernest Yao Gaewu, Mr. Solomon Oppong-Twumasi, Mr. Charles Bentum, Mr. Joseph Adu-Owusu Agyeman, Mr. William Osei-Kuffour and Mr. Douglas Seidu.
Ceremony
In accordance with the protocols of the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19), the judges were sworn in, in two batches of eight each.
At both ceremonies, the Judicial Secretary, Ms. Cynthia Pamela A. Addo, introduced the judges, after which the President administered the three oaths of loyalty, judicial and secret.
They then received their instruments of appointment, which were dressed in the national colors.
Later, the judges took turns signing the oath book, and the president signed his part to seal the ceremony.
Meaning
On the construction of the judicial infrastructure, President Akufo-Addo noted that there was no court between Adjabeng and Amasaman in the Greater Accra region, nor was there a court between Adum in Kumasi and Asante Bekwai or Obuasi in the Ashanti region.
He said that nine months after opening a three-story court complex in Frafraha in Adentan municipality in the Greater Accra region, he had been informed that there were already some 3,000 cases pending in court.
The president said there would be eight courts and bungalows in the Greater Accra region; the same number in the Volta Region; four courts and bungalows in Oti; 12 courts and 10 bungalows in Eastern and seven courts and bungalows in Western.
In addition, he said, there would be four courts and bungalows in the North Western Region; four courts and bungalows in Central; five courts and bungalows in the northeast; 20 courts and 14 bungalows in Ashanti; eight courts and bungalows in Ahafo; four courts and six bungalows in Bono and five courts and bungalows in Bono East.
The rest were three patios and bungalows in the North Region; three courts and bungalows in Savannah; two courts and bungalows in Upper West and three courts and bungalows in Upper East, he said.
Application of the law
President Akufo-Addo said that the administration of justice required that the application of the country’s laws must occur, in the sacred words of the Judicial Oath, ‘without fear or favor, affection or ill will’, “that is, without recourse to political, religious or ethnic affiliations of anyone before you ”.
He said that when citizens break the law, whether they are high or low in society, they should be treated accordingly, and that law enforcement agencies, including judges, should make sure this is done because that was the true meaning of the law. concept of equality before the law.
The president said that since taking office, the government had introduced a series of measures to close the technology gap and bolster the country’s reputation as a nation governed according to the rule of law.
“That is why I launched the online justice system last year to take advantage of technology in delivering justice. I encourage all of you to make the most of the electronic justice system to expedite the handling of the cases that come before you and in the management of the court, ”he added.
Reply
On behalf of her colleagues, Ms. Kocuvie-Tay expressed her gratitude to God and the President for the trust placed in them.
He promised the people in whose name justice was administered to do justice without fear, favor, affection or ill will, saying that they would work diligently with integrity to justify the trust placed in them.
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