List of 98 new Courts and Judges’ bungalows promised by Akufo-Addo

His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promised to build new Courts and Judges’ bungalows across the sixteen (16) administrative regions of Ghana.

Speaking at a ceremony to sworn into office some newly appointed Judges as High Court Justices, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, said, his Government, through the Administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund, is constructing ninety-eight (98) Courts and bungalows for Judges in all sixteen (16) Regions of the country.

According to the President, Government has also taken note of the inadequate numbers of courts in various parts of the country, resulting in citizens traversing long distances in order to gain access to the country’s courts.

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He explained that, there is no Court between Adjabeng and Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region, neither is there a Court between Adum in Kumasi and Asante Bekwai or Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.

“Indeed, it has been barely nine (9) months since I commissioned the three-storey Court Complex at Frafraha, in Adenta, Accra, and I am reliably informed that there are already some three thousand cases pending there,” he said.

Swearing into office, new Justices of the High Court on Wednesday, 16th September 2020, at a ceremony at Jubilee House, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced the following Courts and Judges’ bungalows being built across the country;

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• Eight (8) courts and eight (8) bungalows in Greater Accra

• Eight (8) courts and eight (8) bungalows in Volta

• Four (4) courts and eight (4) bungalows in Oti

• Twelve (12) courts and ten (10) bungalows in Eastern

• Seven (7) courts and eight (7) bungalows in Western

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Additionally, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said, there would be;

• Four (4) courts and four (4) bungalows in Western North

• Four (4) courts and four (4) bungalows in Central

• Five (5) courts and five (5) bungalows in North East

• Twenty (20) courts and fourteen (14) bungalows in Ashanti

• Eight (8) courts and eight (8) bungalows in Ahafo

• Four (4) courts and four (4) bungalows in Bono

• Fve (5) courts and five (5) bungalows in Bono East

Also, he noted that, there would also be

• Three (3) courts and three (3) bungalows in Northern

• Three (3) courts and three (3) bungalows in Savannah

• Two (2) courts and two (2) bungalows in Upper West

• Three (3) courts and three (3) bungalows in Upper East

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh