Akufo-Addo commands the Kintampo judicial complex; Construction of feeder roads in Prang

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Sunday August 8, 2021, at the start of his two-day working visit to the Bono East region, commissioned a fully furnished two-court complex in Kintampo.

The contract for the construction of the court complex was awarded on April 19, 2019, at a cost of GH ¢ 865,527.01, and was completed in November of last year.

The complex, which is a double-court complex, will house the municipal court and an additional court to be determined by the chief justice.

The construction of this complex is part of the deliberate measures put in place by the Akufo-Addo government to facilitate access to courts and thus advance the rule of law in the country.

It will be recalled that in his State of the Nation Message on March 9, 2021, President Akufo-Addo revealed that the government, through the Ministry of Local Government and the District Assembly Common Fund, had begun, in an unprecedented initiative, the construction of ninety (90) courts with housing for judges across the country, to help address the problem of inadequate judicial infrastructure.

These structures, he suggested, are at an advanced stage of completion.

In addition, the president, in April this year, laid the groundwork for the construction of a permanent and modern appeals court complex in Kumasi, which will help improve the justice system for the northern sector of the country.

Again, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Local Government and the District Assembly Common Fund, twenty (20) townhouses and a guesthouse are being constructed to serve as permanent residences for judges of the district. Kumasi-based appeals courts, who will be mandated to handle cases in the north of the country.

When completed, this means that appeals from the Upper West, Upper East, Savannah, North East, Northern, Bono, Bono East, Ahafo, Western North and Ashanti regions will be heard in a much shorter time frame.

In Prang, Pru West constituency, President Akufo-Addo also commissioned a new administrative block for the regional feeder roads department.

Built at a cost of GH ¢ 3,831,826.86, the completion of the administrative block is in line with the president’s commitment to decentralize the citation of state institutions to various parts of the newly created regions, instead of the capital, which has always been the norm.