President John Dramani Mahama and the Chief Justice Mrs Georgina Wood have been commended for their swift actions to deal with the scandal that has hit the Judicial Service.

Apostle Dr Stephen Kwame Amoani, the Chairman of the Christ Apostolic Church International (CACI), who made the commendation, on Sunday, applauded measures being taken to purge the plague eating into the country’s Judicial System.

Apostle Amoani, with the assistance of Apostle Emmanuel O. Donkor, the General Secretary of the church, was dedicating the newly constructed 1,000-seater capacity church building of the CACI Taifa Central Assembly.

It is valued at GHc1,000,000.00, while an additional nine-bedroom Mission House is valued at GHc402,000.00.

Apostle Amoani also cut the sod for the construction of a four - storey Children’s Ministry Block that would house a car park, snack room, washrooms, a 200-seater conference hall and offices, valued at GHc1, 600.000.00.

“I wish to recall the judicial scandal brought to the fore in recent weeks through the work of undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and commend both the President John Dramani Mahama and the Chief Justice, her Ladyship, Georgina Theodora Wood for the swift action and measures taken to deal with the scandal aimed at purging the Judicial Service.

“I encourage them not to relent in their efforts to ensure a highly respected and acceptable Judiciary by putting in place appropriate measures and sanctions where necessary to bring sanity and trust in our Judiciary,” Apostle Amoani said.

He said Anas deserved commendation for the selfless services he was rendering to the nation and entreated all religious bodies, especially Christians, to always pray for Anas because it was only God who could protect and sustain him in the kind of service he was rendering to the nation.

He stated that: “In view of the scandal, I further urge Ghanaians not to lose hope and trust in the Judicial Service, but remember that judges and members of the Judicial Service are human and so need to be corrected as and when they go wrong.

”We should all work hard to ensure that, corruption does not become part of the Ghanaian society. This is the time for us as a nation to strictly scrutinize our system by making it difficult and expensive for corrupt practices to prevail.”

Apostle Amoani said the systems should work, and called on the President and those in leadership to lead the campaign.

He also urged Ghanaians to put their hope in God, because though the governance systems may fail, God would never fail the nation.

Mr Peter Mensah, the Local Elder, CACI Taifa Central Assembly, recounting the history of the church, noted that the stone was laid by the founding members in 1986, while the construction of the Mission House began in 2008.

“With the help of God, as well as the support and benevolence of the local management and the church members, we have seen the reality today,” he said.

The Reverend Augustine Bugyei, the Local Pastor, CACI Taifa Assembly, expressed happiness about the church’s advancement and advised the congregants to avail themselves for God’s work.

Mrs Yaa Oforiwah Asare-Peasah, the leader of local Good Women Ministry, and News Editor of the Ghana News Agency, urged the congregation to live upright lives worthy of emulation and to refrain from malpractices.

The ceremony was graced by members of the Executive Council of the church, former ministers of the Assembly since its establishment, as well as current Ministers of God.