New car package for junior, senior judges
Gilbert Boyefio
06/10/2006
The President of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana, Justice Yaw Appau, has commended the Chief Justice and the Judicial Council for coming out with a convenient car package for both junior and senior judges.
Speaking at the 25th Annual General Meeting of the association, His Lordship Justice Apau, said the allocation of cars and car loans was one of the topical issues that generated a lot of debate among members at the association's 2005 AGM.
He was appreciative of the efforts of the Chief Justice in finding a lasting solution to the Association's demand.
He said another area of concern to the Association is the transfer procedures of its members. According to him, members are transferred without adequate preparation to ensure that they are conveniently housed at their new stations.
He said accommodation means the provision of a house together with furniture, bedding and other utilities. "In my view, accommodation does not necessarily mean a building or a structure," he added.
Justice Apau called on the authorities to handle matters concerning the judiciary with urgency, since according to him, they are aware of the inadequacies in the Judiciary, particularly the poor conditions under which magistrates and judges work.
Addressing the issue of itinerant magistrates and judges not having their utility bills and transportation costs paid, Justice Apau called on the Service to come out with a payment schedule that will make it possible for the regional accountants and administrators, or the committees set up in the regions for that purpose, to determine who to pay, when to pay and how to pay; and to ensure that prompt payments are made.
He suggested that all such allowances be paid into the same bank accounts where monthly salaries of the magistrates and judges are lodged.
"In all things that confront us in our daily lives, we should as much as possible, try to remain neutral and have the achievement of justice as our only goal. That alone can erode some of the wrong perceptions that a section of the public has formed about us as individual judges and about the judiciary as an institution," he challenged his colleagues.
06/10/2006
The President of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana, Justice Yaw Appau, has commended the Chief Justice and the Judicial Council for coming out with a convenient car package for both junior and senior judges.
Speaking at the 25th Annual General Meeting of the association, His Lordship Justice Apau, said the allocation of cars and car loans was one of the topical issues that generated a lot of debate among members at the association's 2005 AGM.
He was appreciative of the efforts of the Chief Justice in finding a lasting solution to the Association's demand.
He said another area of concern to the Association is the transfer procedures of its members. According to him, members are transferred without adequate preparation to ensure that they are conveniently housed at their new stations.
He said accommodation means the provision of a house together with furniture, bedding and other utilities. "In my view, accommodation does not necessarily mean a building or a structure," he added.
Justice Apau called on the authorities to handle matters concerning the judiciary with urgency, since according to him, they are aware of the inadequacies in the Judiciary, particularly the poor conditions under which magistrates and judges work.
Addressing the issue of itinerant magistrates and judges not having their utility bills and transportation costs paid, Justice Apau called on the Service to come out with a payment schedule that will make it possible for the regional accountants and administrators, or the committees set up in the regions for that purpose, to determine who to pay, when to pay and how to pay; and to ensure that prompt payments are made.
He suggested that all such allowances be paid into the same bank accounts where monthly salaries of the magistrates and judges are lodged.
"In all things that confront us in our daily lives, we should as much as possible, try to remain neutral and have the achievement of justice as our only goal. That alone can erode some of the wrong perceptions that a section of the public has formed about us as individual judges and about the judiciary as an institution," he challenged his colleagues.
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