President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned a contemporary residential advanced for Appeal Court judges in Kumasi with a agency assurance to do extra for the judiciary to advance the rule of legislation within the nation.
“We will continue to implement policies that will advance the rule of law and, thereby, reinforce the confidence of the people in a country governed by the rule of law,” the President gave the reassurance when he commissioned a totally furnished residential advanced for justices of the Appeal Court at Danyame in Kumasi within the Ashanti Region on Monday, October 17.
He commissioned the undertaking within the presence of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and the Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Anin Yeboah, and speedy previous Chief Justice, Her Lordship Sophia Akuffo.
He was hopeful that the residential advanced will inspire the judiciary to work even tougher to advertise justice and the rule of legislation within the nation.
“Government, because the assumption of my workplace, has launched numerous coverage measures to assist bridge the expertise hole within the administration of justice.
…We launched the e-justice system, which is leveraging expertise, within the supply of justice,” he indicated.
According to the President, his authorities was additionally addressing the problem posed by the insufficient variety of courts in numerous elements of the nation.
This, he mentioned, the federal government was doing by developing 120 courts and 150 bungalows for the judiciary throughout the nation.
70 per cent of those ongoing tasks, he careworn, have been accomplished.
President Akufo-Addo, due to this fact, urged the Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Anin Yeboah, to take over the Kumasi residential advanced for Appeal Court judges and submit officers to start working with “immediate effect.”
He nevertheless, lamented the state of affairs the place residents in elements of the nation are compelled to journey lengthy distances to achieve entry to the courts.
This, he intimated, weakens the rule of legislation.
President Akufo-Addo expressed his authorities’s appreciation to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for his immense help for the undertaking together with his “generous donation” of a 7-acre land for the undertaking.
He additionally counseled the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Irene Naa Torshie Addo, the Chief Justice, the speedy previous Chief Justice, Mrs. Sophia Akuffo, the Ministry of Local Government, Decntralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) and the contractors for his or her efforts in making certain that the undertaking was delivered on schedule.
The Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Anin Yeboah, asserted that the newly accomplished residential advanced for Court of Appeal justices in Kumasi marked an epoch within the historical past of the judiciary.
He admitted that the judiciary’s journey has not been clean crusing, albeit they’ve labored to enhance the authorized and constitutional framework inside which they function.
“We have also had to deal with the lack and distressing poor physical infrastructure. The evidently deplorable state of most of our court structures and residences of justices in administering justice has been a major challenge,” he bemoaned.
To this finish, the Chief Justice lauded the federal government, by the MLGDRD and the DACF for making certain the completion of the undertaking, and related ones which have been ongoing throughout the nation.
He was additionally grateful to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for making obtainable land for the undertaking, Members of Parliament (MPs), MLGDRD and the contractors for the expeditious execution of the undertaking.
He disclosed {that a} land had been acquired in Adenta in Greater Accra for the same facility to be constructed for the judiciary.
Justice Anin Yeboah charged the judiciary to construct a system justice that can guarantee litigants.
Furthermore, he revealed that the Kumasi residential advanced would require about 2,500 employees, and thus made a passionate enchantment to the Ministry of Finance to grant monetary clearance for the recruitment course of to start.
Earlier, in a welcome deal with, the Ashanti Regional Minster, Simon Osei Mensah, lapped praises on the Chief Justice for his lively supervision of the undertaking proper from the sod-cutting ceremony by the President final 12 months.
“I don’t see the project as residential facilities but as a community on its own,” he expressed.
He admonished the judiciary to correctly preserve and put the amenities within the advanced to good use to make sure an extended life span.
For his half, the deputy Minister of MLGDRD, Mr. Collins Ntim, who represented his Minister, Mr. Daniel Kweku Botwe, famous that the residential advanced will facilitate the adjudication of justice within the northern sector of the nation.
Project
The residential advanced will function everlasting residences for Court of Appeal judges based mostly in Kumasi and who’re mandated to deal with circumstances within the northern a part of the nation.
The undertaking is a gated group of 20 models of four-bedroom city homes with boys’ quarters, a swimming pool, a visitor home, a membership home and a tennis court docket.
It will imply that appeals from Upper West, Upper East, Savannah, North East, Northern, Bono, Bono East, Ahafo, Western North and Ashanti Regions will probably be conveniently heard inside a a lot shorter interval as judges will probably be completely stationed in Kumasi.
It additionally has one other gated group of six models of three-bedroom homes with boys’ quarters, a car parking zone for the administrators and different supporting administrative employees members of the Judicial Service.
The Appeal Court judges residential advanced was constructed by Construction Ambassadors Limited, Modern International Developers (MID) and Superior Royal with FeDems because the marketing consultant.
Other amenities integrated within the advanced are judges bungalows, residences, visitor home, membership home with a highway community and ancillary amenities.
The undertaking was executed inside eighteen (18) months starting twentieth April, 2021.
Among the dignitaries who attended the occasion have been judges, Members of Parliament, Ministers of State, metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs), and members of the Judicial Council and Ghana Bar Association (GBA).
