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The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood on Thursday sworn into office eight new magistrates and five circuit court judges.
The circuit court judges, comprising two males and three females, are Baah Forson Agyapong, Malcolm E Bedzrah, Mercy Adei Kotei, Priscilla Dirkro and Mary M.E. Nsenkyire.
The magistrates are Joyce Boahen, Rita Amonyiwah Edusah, Athoney Aduku–Aidoo, and Evelyn Asamoah.
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The rest are Gloria Mensah Bonsu, Susana Eduful, Agnes Opoku Bamieh and Afia Owusuwaa Appiah.
According to Mr Justice Alex Opoku, the judicial service for the first time published the names of the applicants in various newspapers in the country.
This is to enable the general public participate in the selection of judges in a bid to taking out appointees who lack integrity and therefore are not eligible.
The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Mr Ben Nutsupkui, asked the judges to adopt good practices and maintain effective communication with lawyers.
“It would be our wish that your courts will be more communicative, It is our hope that where you may not for one reason or other, able to sit or attend court , we get informed early enough so as not to sit in court and waste valuable time," he said.