General News of Thursday, 4 October 2018Source: rainbowradioonline.comDon't be lenient with illegal miners, punish them severely - Akufo-Addo to JudgesPresident Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed his displeasure over lenient sentences handed to persons found to be involved in illegal mining. The president believes such culprits must be severely punished to deter others from engaging in the act. As it is at certain places, the discretion must be exercised for the upper end, for the maximum. The four Justices who were sworn in are; Justice Samuel Marful-Sau, Justice Agnes Dordzie, Justice Nene A. O. Amegatcher and an academic, Justice Prof Nii AshieKotey. They were appointed in July 2018 to replace some long-serving justices who are retiring.

Source: GhanaWeb October 04, 2018 20:15 UTC