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Citizen donates PA system to the
courts in memory of Justice Annie Jiagge
Accra, Dec. 14, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr. Justice Stephen Allan
Brobbey, a Supreme Court Judge, on Friday commissioned a set
of public address system valued at 40 million cedis in
memory of the late Appeal Court Judge, Mrs Justice Annie
Ruth Jiagge in Accra.
The equipment, which was donated by Mr Kwaku Ofori Yeboah,
Chief Executive of Ofori Electronics was in honour of the
late Appeal Court Judge who became his mentor and the one
who helped him establish his company when he returned from
the Netherlands in 1975.
Mr Justice Brobbey, who represented the Chief Justice, Mrs
Justice Georgina Theodora Wood said the equipment would help
improve the justice delivery system in the courts.
He said the on-going reforms in the Judicial Service were to
improve on its service delivery to promote efficiency.
He also said the provision of modern equipment and best
practices for justice delivery was very crucial to the work
of judges.
Mrs Baeta Ansah, a family member who read the biography of
the Late Mrs Justice Annie Jiagge said the late Appeal Court
Judge was an exemplary woman who devoted her pioneering life
to the cause of mankind.
She said Justice Annie Jiagge was instrumental in the
founding of the Women's World Banking (WWB), an organisation
devoted to granting women access to credit.
She said Justice Annie Jiagge together with the late Dr
Esther Ocloo and others helped to establish the Ghana branch
of the WWB.
Justice Jiagge worked tirelessly to get the National Council
for Women Development established in response to the call by
the United Nations for the designations of 1975 as
"International Women's Year" to focus on women issues.
Mrs. Baeta Ansah said because of Justice Jiagge's
commendable professional, civic, social and religious
activities she received national and international acclaims,
some of which included the nation's grand medal conferred on
her by the National Liberation Council in 1969 and the
University of Ghana Degree of LLD in 1979.
Mr Yeboah, Chief Executive of Ofori Electronics also paid
tribute to Mrs. Justice Annie Jiagge for her
kind-heartedness and the assistance she gave him.
He said even though Mrs. Justice Jiagge had passed away he
believed that something ought to be done to preserve her
memory and the ideas that she stood for.
GNA
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