New Abirem: Chief Justice inaugurates Circuit Court
Funded with the District Assembly Common Fund, the court facility forms part of the 100 courts project being executed by the government.
The Chief Justice Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo on Tuesday inaugurated a circuit court at New Abirem, the district capital of the Birim North District in the Eastern Region.
Funded with the District Assembly Common Fund, the court facility forms part of the 100 courts project being executed by the government.
"This circuit court today is going to offer our staff a good working environment with all the modern facilities you can think of to enable them to deliver justice to all manner of persons", Justice Torkornoo said in her address, while also cautioning judges against accepting gifts likely to influence the outcome of cases.
“Don't take anything in the form of money or material gains from the people you are serving since that will land you in trouble,” she said.
Efforts to ensure access to justice through court infrastructure in various districts stepped up since last year with the inauguration of newly built court edifices. Of the lot, these included a new High Court at Sowutuom, in the Ga-Central Municipality, a court facility at the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region, a High court with additional responsibility as a child-friendly gender-based violence Circuit court in Nalerigu, the regional capital of the North-East Region
This year so far has seen the commissioning of a Circuit court at Dansoman in Accra, the Kasoa High Court, two courts at Juaso and Bompata, both in the Asante-Akim Municipality, a Circuit Court at Juaben in the Ashanti Region, a new district court at Bonwire in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region, a circuit court at Kluma Dorfor, the North-Tongu district of the Volta Region, and others.
The highlight of these perhaps was the inauguration of the new Court of Appeal complex in Kumasi, together with twenty (20) townhouses and a guesthouse to serve as permanent residence for Justices of the Court of Appeal serving the northern sector of the country.
In March 2022, the government pledged to provide 100 courthouses and accompanying residences for judges and magistrates across the country.
