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FGCI celebrates women judges
The President of the Full Gospel Church International (FCGI), Bishop Godwin Dela Fiagome, has called for increased effort in ensuring gender parity in the country’s judicial system.
According to him, a higher number of women in the field would serve as “a motivation to younger generation of women and also ensure equal opportunities for all.”
In a statement to commemorate this year’s International Day of Women Judges, observed March 10, every year, he praised past and present governments for appointing female legal practitioners to higher positions but said there was still the chance to augment the existing numbers.
He singled out Former President, John Agyakum Kufour for appointing the first female Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood as well as Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for also appointing Mrs Justice Sophia Akuffo, who retired recently.
“Our Church considers this year’s theme, “Justice with a gender perspective” as apt seeing that judicial systems have generally been male dominated with supposedly little room for women participation.
“In Ghana, our recent history is a sure indication that we can only get better in the progression and or appointment of our qualified Women Judges in our judiciary towards gender parity,” he noted.
Bishop Fiagome commended the successes chalked by female legal practitioners both in Ghana and the world over in “advancing the cause of women” as well as the contributions they continued to make as Judges at various levels of the judicial system.
He urged the Judiciary to “strictly uphold” the principles of the rule of law, probity and accountability which are essential for sustaining “our democratic gains as a nation,” stressing the need to apply the law fairly on all classes of persons in society.
“A worrying trend is that the political and upper class of our society get away from the law through privileged means at the expense of the ordinary Ghanaians who get to the wrong side of the law through “minor” offences.
“It is our prayer that our judicial system would change for the better to reflect the motherly disposition of our women,” he stressed.
By Samuel Opare Lartey
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has engaged South Africa’ International Relations Minister over xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians.
In a revelation on Facebook, he posted “I have this morning held a telephone conversation with my South African counterpart, His Excellency Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation. I called him on the trending videos about Ghanaians coming under extremely disturbing xenophobic attacks in South Africa.”
According to him, ” The South African Foreign Minister has expressed his empathy with the victims and promised full scale investigations into the depressing incidents.”
“The Government of South Africa is set to hold a briefing with African Ambassadors later today,” he added.
Okudzeto Ablakwa also confirmed that since yesterday, he had been in constant contact with Ghana’s High Commissioner in South Africa, His Excellency Benjamin Quarshie, coordinating the country’s response.
“I am gladdened that so far colleagues in our diplomatic mission have located the main victim in the viral video and are offering consular assistance. He is doing very well,” he added
The Minister revealed that “No Ghanaian life has been lost. We urge calm and confidence in our collective capacity to protect Ghanaians.”
He further noted that the Mahama Administration remains uncompromising about the welfare and safety of Ghanaians both home and abroad.
“We are determined to guarantee the protection of all citizens,” he added.
“May these regrettable incidents never quench our Pan-African love and solidarity for each other. The overwhelming majority of Africans are united and share an unbreakable bond — we shall not be divided by the hatred of a few fringe elements,” Okudzeto Ablakwa concluded .
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Odumase-Krobo District Command on Monday, April 20, 2026, arrested a female suspect in connection with the abduction of a nine (9) year old girl at Agormanya Zongo in the Odumase-Krobo district.
On Sunday, April 19, 2026, the Odumase-Krobo district Command received a complaint from victim’s father that his daughter left home and had since not returned.
Following investigations and intelligence, officers from the Odumase-Krobo district with the assistance of BNI personnel at the Accra International Airport arrested suspect Regina Mamle Tawiah, aged 36, and rescued the victim at the Accra International Airport.
Preliminary investigations revealed that suspect was trying to send the victim to Kenya.
Meanwhile, the victim has been reunited with her father.
The suspect, Regina Mamle Tawiah who was arraigned before the Odumase-Krobo circuit court yesterday, April 21, 2026.
She pleaded not guilty and has been remanded into police custody to reappear on May 5, 2026 for case management conference.
The Eastern Regional Police Command has entreated the general public to remain vigilant at all times and promptly report any suspicious persons or behaviour to the police.
