Accra, July 26, GNA - An Appeals Court Complex is to be built in Kumasi to cater for the northern sector of the country, the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, said on Thursday

She said this would save people from travelling to Accra whenever they had appeal cases.

Welcoming 24 students of Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast to the CJ's Court, Mrs. Justice Wood expressed the hope that this would also help the Judiciary dispose of most of the backlog of appeal cases pending before the Appeals Court in Accra. The visit of the students, who were accompanied by four tutors of the school led by Mrs Betty Djokoto, Headmistress, was to formally congratulate Mrs Justice Wood, an old girl, on her appointment as the new CJ.

Mrs. Justice Wood succeeded the late Mr Justice George Kingsley Acquah, who passed away on August 25, 2006 after a short illness. Mrs Justice Wood advised the students to take their studies seriously in order to be able to take up leadership positions in future. Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana, Legon, also an old girl, urged the students to endeavour to make the best of the opportunities they had adding that it was a great privilege for them to achieve higher education. Prof. Mensa-Bonsu urged them not to rule out certain courses as being irrelevant, pointing out that all courses were relevant to national development.

The headmistress and Nana Yaa Siriboe, President of the Old Girls Association, presented gifts to the CJ.

Mrs. Justice Wood in turn presented books on the Judicial Service for the school library.

Child Health attendance at Osino clinic goes up

Akim Osino (E/R), July 26, GNA- Attendance at the Akim Osino Children Heath Centre in the Fanteakwa District went up to 550 per month since the beginning of the year as compared to 200 per month last year.

Mrs Ruth Owusu-Sekyere, a nurse at the centre attributed the increase in child attendance to the several educational campaigns in the communities on the need for nursing mothers to access health care for their babies as well as the good conditions prevailing there. She said they normally check the health records of the babies after which they are immunized against the six childhood killer diseases. She appealed to all mothers to take the educational campaign seriously and improve the health of their babies.