{"id":129577,"date":"2015-06-29T12:27:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T12:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=129577"},"modified":"2015-06-29T12:38:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T12:38:34","slug":"apau-pwamang-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-justices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/apau-pwamang-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-justices\/","title":{"rendered":"Apau, Pwamang sworn in as Supreme Court Justices"},"content":{"rendered":"

President John Mahama has officially sworn in Justice Yaw Apau and Gabriel Pwamang as Supreme Court judges.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Pwamang was a politician and member of the People’s National Convention (PNC) while Yaw Apau was a Sole Commissioner of the Judgment Debt Commission.<\/p>\n

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Though the two had been vetted by Parliament\u2019s Appointment Committee, the nomination of Pwamang was earlier challenged by madama Eva Oboshie Sai at the General Legal Council.<\/p>\n

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The Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode subsequently formed a Disciplinary Committee to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG-20150629-WA0012\"<\/a><\/p>\n

He was later cleared after the Committtee<\/a><\/strong><\/span> established that the said complaint against Mr. Pwamang “has been withdrawn by the complainant.”<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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