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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 10 Feb 2014 : 13:36:21
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SCC judge Emmanuel Nkea resigns
The Point: Monday, February 10, 2014
The Point has learnt through reliable sources that Justice Emmanuel Nkea of the Special Criminal Court of the High Court in Banjul has resigned.
Though no official information or reason(s) has been given as to his resignation, informed sources said the Cameroonian judge resigned on Tuesday, and has since last week left the country.
Nkea, it would be recalled, presided over high-profile cases both past and present, among them the case of former Inspector General of Police Ensa Badjie, former Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service Dr Njogu Bah, United Democratic Party Treasurer Amadou Sanneh, former Attorney General and minister of Justice Lamin Jobarteh and former Solicitor General and Head of the Civil Service Pa Harry Jammeh.
Prior to his resignation, Nkea was presiding over the trials of former Daily Observer deputy editor-in-chief Alagie Jobe, former coordinator of the West African Agricultural Productivity Project (WAAPP) Sheikh Tijan Sosseh and former director of Intelligence and Investigation at the National Drug Enforcement Agency, Foday Barry among others.
Source: The Point
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toubab1020
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Posted - 10 Feb 2014 : 17:50:05
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| I wonder who will fill this vacant position? |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 10 Feb 2014 : 22:15:31
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This from Foroyaa
Editorial
THE NEED FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REPORTER DEM RUNNING HELTER SKELTER JUST TO CONFIRM STORY ON CHIEF JUSTCICE AGYAEMANG
Published on Friday, 07 February 2014 21:35 | Written by Ousman Njie
Competent reporters search for news with diligence and they are the first to get access to them. This enables other news establishments to rely on them as sources for further reporting. Unfortunately, Foroyaa Reporters have complained that officials are not very keen to divulge information because of their claim to have taken oath of secrecy.
What is a state secret should be clearly debated by the sovereign people and further redefined by the law. Would it be proper to refer a matter that is later broadcast on Radio and TV as state secret? If a person is a holder of an office and is no longer occupying the office should that not be confirmed when an inquiry is done? Would that amount to a breach of official secrecy? In our view, state secret should be a matter that could undermine the security of a state or may harm the public interest in one way or the other.
Facts are necessary to dismiss rumours and speculations.
Facts are best authenticated when it comes from the horse’s mouth. For the past two days Reporter Dem has been struggling to know the truth whether the report on Chief Justice Agyaemang’s removal is a fact or a fantasy. Do we have to wait for the state media for confirmation? This is why a Freedom of Information Act is needed.
Those who serve the public should be transparent to them.
They should not hesitate to give information to the press that is of public interest. If this is not promulgated there would only be one source of news from the public sector and that would be the one broadcast by the state media.
The non state media would only be publishing questions and waiting for answers. Dem is informed but has still not confirmed that Chief Justice Agyaemang has been removed.
We hope our readers would appreciate the amount of resources, time, energy and effort that is invested to get a story on the front page of a newspaper and why states should become more tolerant of human error done in good faith in the interest of keeping the public informed.
Any government that is sensitive to the interest of the public must put in place a freedom of information act that makes it obligatory for public servants to keep the public informed and should give correct answers to the journalists when they are privy to matters of public interest. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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SCC judge Emmanuel Nkea resigns
