President John Dramani Mahama has announced the establishment of Specialised Financial Courts to prosecute individuals cited in the Auditor-General’s Annual Report, as well as those implicated in illegal mining (galamsey) and other environment-related offences.
The President made the announcement after a high-level meeting at the Jubilee House with Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine, and Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu.
According to the meeting’s recommendations, the new courts will hold circuit adjudications across the country to ensure swift and effective justice delivery in financial and environmental crime cases.
Additionally, in line with Article 187(7)(b) of the 1992 Constitution, the Auditor-General will continue to “disallow” illegal expenditures and “surcharge” the officials responsible.
Present at the meeting were Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Pwamang, Judicial Secretary Musah Ahmed, Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, Legal Counsel to the President Marietta Brew, Presidential Advisor Joyce Bawah Mogtari, and Minister of State for Government Communications and Presidential Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
Source: Myxyzonline.com/Wisdome Hedezome
