FOUR SUPREME COURT JUDGES SWORN IN

President Kufuor administered the Oaths of Allegiance and Secrecy to them, while the Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Mrs. Justice Georgina Wood, administered the Judicial Oath on behalf of the President, after which the President presented them with their Instruments of Office.

President Kufuor advised them to go beyond their status as judges and conduct themselves as statesmen who would balance the interest of the state against that of the individual. He told them that the oaths they had implied that they would uphold the integrity of Ghana, and that in so doing, they would come face to face with politics which would require them to go beyond their status as lawyers and conduct themselves as statesmen and women.

He said the challenge to the new judges was for them to show that they really deserved their new statues. He reminded that Ghana was still a young nation with fledgling institutions which should be nurtured. It was therefore important for the judges to have foresight and discerning qualities to uphold the balance between contending interests so that they would not crash the institutions of state and the state itself.

Responding on behalf of the judges, Ms. Justice Owusu expressed appreciation to the President, Parliament, the Council of State and the Judicial Council for the various roles they had played in the appointment process. She pledged that the judges would work conscientiously to justify the confidence reposed in them, always mindful of mother Ghana.