President John Dramani Mahama has told the newly appointed High Court judges to end the culture of adjournments and undue delays in the judgment of cases.
The ceremony, held at the Jubilee House yesterday, Thursday, October 23, saw the judges take the Oath of Allegiance, the Judicial Oath, and the Oath of Secrecy.
They later received their instruments of appointment from the President.
President Mahama, addressing the judges, stated,“I urge members of the bar to honour their duty as officers of the court to assist the bench, not frustrate it to seek justice, not merely to score victory. Let us end the culture of needless adjournments and delays”.
“As President, I wish to reaffirm my government’s unwavering commitment to defending judicial independence. Yet with that freedom comes the sacred duty to uphold ethical discipline and professional excellence. The measure of our national greatness lies in how we treat our weakest citizens,” he indicated.
He noted, “Let us embrace efficiency and the digital transformation of our courts. For as the saying goes, when lawyers play with time, justice becomes a casualty. Let the High Court be both the temple of the law and the house of humanity”.
“Behind every written affidavit is a human story of loss, of hope, of survival. A dismissed teacher, a family displaced, a young person wrongfully accused. In each of these cases, the judge is the final line between despair and dignity,” President Mahama said.
President Mahama further cautioned, “This ceremony represents more than an appointment. It is a renewal of our faith in the enduring principle that justice is the fairness pillar of our democracy and that Ghana shall always be governed by law, never by the whims of capricious power”.
Be incorruptible, not only in fact, but also in perception. Let every citizen who appears before you believe that their fate rests solely on the evidence and the law, never on influence or connections”
He further added, “Justice and development are not separate ideals; they are inseparable twins of the same mother. A nation that invests in infrastructure but neglects the rule of law builds its progress on shifting sands”.
Meanwhile, former Circuit Court Judge, His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah, who caught the eyes of Ghanaians following his continuous detention of Abronye, has been allegedly promoted as a High Court judge.
According to reports, His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah retired from the bench on 16th September 2025.
The Judge ruling on the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, was heavily criticised after he denied the accused bail for a second time.
The Law platform stated, “The infamous Circuit Court judge now in retirement, H/H Samuel Bright Acquah made the list despite the indefinite suspension of the swearing in and pruning of the 41-man list to the final 37-man list billed for elevation, and in the case of nominees from the bar, appointment as High Court Justices today”.