The Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo has urged the public to stand firm and refuse to give bribes to any Judicial Service staff in the discharge of their duties.
According to the Chief Justice, staff of the Judicial Service are paid, and any illegal money paid them is a bribe, making both the giver and taker criminals.
The Chief Justice made the call during the handover of the refurbished Magistrate Court to the Judicial Service at Dodowa in the Shai Osudoku District.
She added that staff of the service must be agents of comfort to clients who may come to the court with physical or emotional stress, indicating, that harassment in any form such as threats and extortion of money would not be accepted.
The refurbishment follows a directive from the Chief Justice to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies whose courts have become death traps to either demolish or refurbish such structures.
