{"id":726975,"date":"2019-10-19T14:47:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T14:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/19\/cj-endorses-punctuality-campaign\/"},"modified":"2019-10-19T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T14:47:14","slug":"cj-endorses-punctuality-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/19\/cj-endorses-punctuality-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ Endorses Punctuality Campaign –"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHIEF
\nJUSTICE Sophia Akuffo has urged stakeholders in the justice delivery system,
\nespecially lawyers, judges and staff of the Judicial Service to be time-conscious
\nand punctual.<\/p>\n

According
\nto her, their actions have direct effects on the lives, rights and liberties of
\nthose seeking justice, for which reason they must be time-conscious in order
\nnot to jeopardize the rights of those who depend on them for justice.<\/p>\n

The
\nChief Justice (CJ) said this when she endorsed a punctuality campaign by
\nPunctuality Ghana Foundation, a group championing punctuality at workplaces.<\/p>\n

According
\nto her, lawyers who are usually late for proceedings do not only cause harm to
\nthe court but also to their clients especially those on remand, as they usually
\nsuffer the most.<\/p>\n

Justice
\nSophia Akuffo indicated that as a result of this act of lateness and absence on
\nthe part of lawyers, certain cases which need to be dealt with quickly tend to
\nremain in the courts longer than they should, and the judges are sometimes left
\nwith no choice but to strike them out.<\/p>\n

She
\nstated that in the case of accused persons who are usually on remand during the
\npendency of the trial, even when they get acquitted and discharged, quite a
\nportion of their lives are wasted in jail.<\/p>\n

The
\nCJ bemoaned the lackadaisical attitude some Ghanaians put towards work which is
\naffecting productivity and also denying the nation of fortunes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurprisingly,
\nthe same people who treat their jobs here with disdain and work lackadaisically
\ntravel abroad and do back breaking works without offending the rules and making
\nexcuses. Whether it snows or rains, they go to work and on time and put in the
\nrequired hours, because they know their very lives depend on their jobs and any
\nlateness would not go unpunished,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Justice
\nSophia Akuffo suggested that children should also be taught to appreciate the
\nimportance of being punctual for school, adding that it would put them in a
\ngood position to develop a good sense of responsibility for themselves and
\nothers afterwards.<\/p>\n

Project
\nCoordinator for Punctuality Ghana, Naa Meryeh Quaynor-Mettle, called for a
\nchange in attitude by making punctuality a habit in order to affect high-levels
\nof productivity and rake in the much need revenue to support our developmental
\nprojects.<\/p>\n

She said the foundation had taken the right step to lead the way and called on all Ghanaians to join the campaign.<\/p>\n

BY Juliana Tamatey<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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