\n
Godfred Yeboah Dame, Ghana\u2019s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, has called on Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to instruct judges handling illegal mining, commonly known as \u2018galamsey\u2019, cases to deliver their rulings within a month of the cases being presented in court.<\/p>\n
The Attorney-General believes that such a directive would help curb the ongoing destruction of water bodies and forest reserves caused by the activities of unregulated miners and unauthorized companies operating in protected areas.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Annual Conference of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana, held at the La Beach Hotel on Wednesday, October 2, Dame expressed concern over the slow pace of prosecuting galamsey cases.<\/p>\n
He stressed that the delays are exacerbating the environmental damage to Ghana\u2019s forests and water resources.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne category of cases whose speed of resolution by our courts, I often lament is the trial of illegal mining cases. It is beyond argument that the form of illegal mining known as \u201cgalamsey\u201d continues to wreak incalculable damage to our forest reserves and river bodies. A major setback to the struggle against galamsey is the rate of adjudication and punishment of offenders.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour ladyship, I therefore respectfully call on you to direct all judges sitting on galamsey cases to conclude the cases, the hearing of which has started, within one month from the commencement of the legal year on 10th October 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Dame also urged politicians to desist from encouraging galamsey activities through their rhetoric and actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cPoliticians must also desist from encouraging galamsey through their rhetoric and actions. Those who preach amnesty for galamsey offenders must be rejected. There should be no place for the grant of amnesty for such crimes in our body politic as the lives of citizens and the future of our nation are at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nClick on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nNo spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Godfred Yeboah Dame, Ghana\u2019s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, has called on Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to instruct judges handling illegal mining, commonly known as \u2018galamsey\u2019, cases to deliver their rulings within a month of the cases being presented in court. The Attorney-General believes that such a directive would help curb the ongoing destruction of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Godfred Yeboah Dame, Ghana\u2019s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, has called on Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to instruct judges handling illegal mining, commonly known as \u2018galamsey\u2019, cases to deliver their rulings within a month of the cases being presented in court. The Attorney-General believes that such a directive would help curb the ongoing destruction of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-02T13:19:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dame-new-1-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1183\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-02T13:19:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/dame-new-1-.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/\",\"name\":\"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/dame-new-1-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-02T13:19:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/dame-new-1-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/dame-new-1-.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1183},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/02\\\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Godfred Yeboah Dame, Ghana\u2019s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, has called on Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to instruct judges handling illegal mining, commonly known as \u2018galamsey\u2019, cases to deliver their rulings within a month of the cases being presented in court. The Attorney-General believes that such a directive would help curb the ongoing destruction of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-10-02T13:19:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1183,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dame-new-1-.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month","datePublished":"2024-10-02T13:19:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/"},"wordCount":351,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dame-new-1-.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/","name":"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dame-new-1-.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-02T13:19:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dame-new-1-.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dame-new-1-.jpg","width":1080,"height":1183},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/direct-judges-to-conclude-galamsey-cases-within-a-month\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Direct judges to conclude galamsey cases within a month"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}