Chief Justice says Ho is his ''judicial home''

Ho, July 16, GNA- The Chief Justice, Mr Justice George Kingsley Acquah has reminisce about his days as a High Court Judge in Ho from 1984 until his elevation to the Appeal Court in 1994.

"I regard Ho as my judicial home. My judicial roots are from Ho and I would continue to cherish the cordial relations I enjoyed with everybody," he said.

"I am happy to see my Sister Klinogo (Principal State Attorney) and many old friends here", he said.

Chief Justice Acquah, who was in Ho on his first official assignment to inaugurate the Accra Fast Track High Courts and the 10 Regional Automation High Courts, said the event was a homecoming.

"Indeed the opportunity was coincidental and I did not have any hand in the choice of Ho for the inauguration, lest I be accused of bias in the choice of venue. The choice was done by an independent committee." Mr Justice Acquah affirmed that he would carry out the automation of the courts to its logical conclusion. "Thus I shall continue to chair the Reform and Automation Committee"

"The Service needs dedicated, hardworking, honest and discipline personnel on both the bench and in the administration to realize these objectives," he stated.

"I must here emphasise that my immediate preoccupation as Chief Justice is not only to tackle the Service's cancerous vices like inefficiency, incompetence, indiscipline, corruption, laziness and others, but also to pursue vigorously the ongoing reforms and modernisation process," he said.