President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Chief Justice Anin Yeboah, and the Attorney General (A-G) Godfred Yeboah Dame, have taken turns to shower praises on the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund, (DACF) Irene Naa Torshie Addo her enormous contributions to the development of the judiciary.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hailed Irene Naa Torshie Addo for her efficiency and ingenuity in the government’s initiative to provide court infrastructure across the country.
The hard work she put in, he said, saw the 90 courts and accompanying accommodation for judges originally contemplated by the government translate to 120 courts and 150 bungalows.
Speaking at the commissioning of a residential complex for judges in Kumasi on Monday 17th October, 2022, the President expressed the conviction the massive infrastructure development will motivate the judiciary to work even harder to promote justice and the rule of law in the country.
The Attorney General (A-G) Godfred Yeboah Dame, singled out the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund, (DACF) and commended her for the ernonus contributions to the development of the judiciary.
He said through the Administrator of the Fund, the Judicial Service had had its fair share of infrastructure in various regions of the country.
When he took his turn to speak at the commissioning of a residential complex for judges in the Ashanti Region, Mr Dame noted that Mrs. Naa Torshie Addo played a pivotal role towards the realization of the project.
“It will be woefully neglectful not to pay tribute to the vision and dedication of the of the dynamic and indefatigable Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund, Mrs Irene Naa Torshie Addo Lartey whose guide and vision has led to the realization of this vision” he said.
The Attorney General explained that “through the dynamism of the current Administrator, part of the Fund has been deployed for the financing of this project after having been approved by Parliament”.
He indicated that through her intervention there has been the construction of over hundred court houses and one hundred and sixty bungalows for judges in the country adding “like the biblical fresh water in a thirsty land and streams on a dry land.”
Chief Justice Anin Yeboah also did not leave us Mrs, Naa Torshie Addo for commendation.
He lauded her commitment to justice delivery.
The residential complex would serve as permanent residences for Court of Appeal judges based in Kumasi and who are mandated to handle cases in the northern part of the country. The project is a gated community of 20 units of four-bedroom town houses with boys’ quarters, a swimming pool, a guest house, a club house and a tennis court.
The complex also has another gated community of six units of three-bedroom houses with boys’ quarters, a parking lot for the directors and other supporting administrative staff members of the Judicial Service.
Other facilities incorporated in the complex are judges’ bungalows, apartments, guest house, club house with a road network and ancillary facilities.
