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Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang Backs Judiciary’s Drive to Decongest Courts and Expand Access to Justice

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Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang Backs Judiciary’s Drive to Decongest Courts and Expand Access to Justice

Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening Ghana’s justice delivery system, following a high-level meeting with the leadership of the Judiciary.The Vice President received the Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Baffoe Bonnie, accompanied by the Judicial Secretary of the Office of the Chief Justice, Mr. Musah Ahmed, and Prof. Raymond Atuguba, at her office this week. The delegation briefed her on the Judiciary’s key achievements over the past year and outlined priority initiatives for the year ahead.During the meeting, the Chief Justice detailed a series of measures aimed at decongesting the courts and improving efficiency. These include the introduction of morning and afternoon court sessions, the expansion of Alternative Dispute R...

Minority Caucus Seeks Information on Petition for Removal of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has formally written to the Presidency requesting information on the current status of a petition calling for the removal of Supreme Court Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. The request, made under Article 21(1)(f) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 18 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2019 (Act 989), was signed by Hon. Jerry Ahmed Shaib (Esq.), Second Deputy Minority Whip. In the letter, the Minority sought clarification on the progress of the petition submitted by Mr. Gbandi Nabin Yussif, titled “Petition for the Removal of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie from Office on Grounds of Stated Misbehaviour Pursuant to Article 146(1) of the Constitution.” According to the Minority, the petition — dated October 6, 2025 — was received at the Office of the Pre...

President Mahama, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie to witness swearing-in of GJA executives

President John Dramani Mahama and the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected National Executives of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Friday, July 11. The ceremony will take place at 0900 hours at the Accra International Conference Centre. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said Justice Baffoe-Bonnie would administer the oaths of office to the incoming national leadership, following the Association’s national and regional elections held on Monday, June 30, 2025. About 800 members of the Association in good standing participated in the polls, re-electing Mr. Albert Kwabena Dwumfour as President for a second term. Other officials elected include Mrs. Bertha Badu-Agyei as Nation...