Anas’ mother, aged 62, worked as a community health nurse at the Nima Polyclinic.

Madam Mariam Damba, a practising Muslim, is expected to be buried in accordance with Islamic tradition.

Anas, who confirmed his bereavement to online portal mynewsgh, said funeral arrangments would be announced soon.

He took time to express his gratitude to the doctors and nurses at the Medical ward of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

“I thank all hard working doctors at the Medical Emergency Unit at Korle Bu for their frantic efforts at trying to save my mother’s life,” he said.

“To Dr. Techi, Dr. Otoo, Dr. Hardi Mohammed Abdalah, Prof. Alex Doudoo, Dr. Acheampong, Dr. Nkrumah, Dr, Naa and Dr, Bioma, Dr. Jamila Khalid and all the other hard-working doctors who did their best at Medical Emergency, I say thanks… Also to you the energetic nurses who did their best too, I thank you.”

Madam Mariam Damba is survived by her husband and three children; Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his two sisters Karimatu Anas and Humu Kulsum Anas.

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According to him, the resultant effect of lack of confidence in the judicial system does not help promote democracy and economic growth.

Speaking at the 10^th anniversary of the home call of the late Chief Justice, George Kingsley Acquah, Nana AKufo-Addo said, members of the judicial service must jealously guard the integrity of the service to guarantee public trust.

“There is a consolable concern within the Ghanaian public about the integrity of our judicial system. It was badly damaged a couple of years ago by a video exposé put together by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas,” he said.

He added that, “Confidence, in the judicial system of any country, is necessary for a thriving democracy and economic growth, and as such, all of us, including members of the bar and the bench, have a duty to guard the integrity of the judicial process jealously.”

President Akufo-Addo suggested that the judiciary must adopt modern technology to carrying out their mandate.

He argued that the use of technology will promote efficiency.

He said, “our judicial system must catch up with modern technology. The question has been asked: is the court a service or a place where parties meet to settle their differences. I believe that it is time for us to accept that justice delivery is a service and just like any other service, the customer must be satisfied with the entire process of the service, in this case, justice.”

The President added that “when we have an efficient delivery of justice through our courts, investors, domestic and foreign, will be encouraged to invest their resources in Ghana because they can be assured of an efficient and business-friendly judicial system.”

In September 2015, Anas Aremeyaw Anas premiered his undercover film, titled ‘Ghana In The Eyes Of God’ that exposed deep-rooted corruption within the country’s judiciary system.

The film exposed dozens of judges and other staff of the judicial services receiving bribes to pervert justice.

The exposé, which shocked the country is the biggest corruption scandal to have hit the country’s judiciary.

An investigation by the service resulted in the suspension of some judges and dismissal of others.

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“We should not just say we are the fourth realm without putting our role into practice,” he said at the fifth lecture series of Central University, Miotso campus. It was on the theme: “Communication for Development.”

Speaking on the topic: “Putting the pieces together: The aftermath of the Judiciary Expose,” Mr Anas said: “As the fourth estate of the land we make our country great when we all put our hands on deck.

“However, after the judiciary scandal there have been about 72 law suits against me, which has challenged me for greater things to happen and the impact of my work is what matters.

He added that, the way forward “lies on us because at least we know that judges are great people but we also know that they can be questioned when they go wrong”.

“Ten years from today if the judiciary gets back to the position it was, all of us must be blamed. If we all keep a constant eye we all will have a problem free or minimised corrupt judiciary, Mr Anas said.

The Chairman for the occasion, Professor Kwesi Yankah, Vice-Chancellor, of the University said Mr Anas was a distinguished career journalist extraordinaire.

He said it was for that reason that he was invited as well as his global agenda of upholding faith, Integrity and excellence.

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Mr Elvis Darko, the 2016 Financial Reporter received a Hyundai Grand i10 as his prize, while the other award winners also received Samsung Smart LED 40 inch Flat screen Television sets.

Mr Roland Affail Monney, GJA President expressed gratitude to Ideal Finance, the main sponsor of the awards and other sponsors for taking keen interest in supporting the journalism profession.

He explained that the presentation of the awards delayed due to circumstances beyond the control of the GJA leadership.

Mr Ekow Blankson, the Director of Corporate Communications and Strategies at the Ideal Groupe, said sponsoring the awards is the company’s contribution to the growth of journalism in the country.

“We are very happy to do what we have done … and we don’t regret doing this,” he said.

Mr Blankson called on journalists to practice with all ethical standards so as to give Ideal Finance more confidence to continuously support the profession.

On behalf of Mr Aremeyaw Anas, Mr Latif Abubakar of Tiger Eye said: “It is always interesting when people appreciate the work that you do.”

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency Mr Abubakar said the company’s focus was not the award but achieving results.

Mr Ben Assorow, the Chairman of the GJA Elections Committee congratulated all journalists for their immense contribution to the country’s development.

The GJA as part of its core mandate organised the 2016 awards on August 27 to recognise and honour the deserving Journalists for 2015.

In all, 19 awards were presented to individuals and organisations but some are yet to receive their awards.

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