Judges and the entire staff of the judicial service have donated an amount of GHc125,000 to support victims of the flood in Mepe and other parts of the Volta Region which was caused by the spillage of water from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams.
North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, the judges and the entire Judicial Service of Ghana deserve abundant commendation for their ‘extremely kind and generous’ gesture of donating to displaced persons.
“It has been disclosed that the Chief Justice initiated a compassionate mobilization of personal contributions from judges and staff of the judiciary including her own financial support amounting to an impressive GHS125,000.00 which she gracefully announced to my revered chiefs and I at a beautiful ceremony in her office earlier today,” he wrote on his X platform on Wednesday, December 13.
He added that “it is most heartwarming to note that the funds will be used by the judiciary to construct a mechanized borehole, and to supply selected building materials for our second Safe Alternative Housing Project in Mepe.
“North Tongu, and particularly, my dearest displaced persons will eternally be grateful to this Chief Justice and Ghana’s esteemed judiciary.”