The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched the e-Justice Project, the paperless court system which will enhance dramatically the nation’s efforts at improving its justice delivery system.
Speaking at the launch, President Akufo-Addo stated that the e-Justice Project is a recognition of the fact that every aspect of life is today ruled by technology.
“The Project is attempting to help ensure that the law keeps pace with technology, ending the age-old “missing dockets” phenomenon and endless litigations, which have plagued the efficient delivery of justice in the country for several years,” he added.
President Akufo-Addo told the gathering that since his assumption of office, a number of policy measures have been introduced to help bridge the technology-gap, in the justice delivery system.
Thus, it was that, in May 2018, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia launched the e-case register. The register contains information such as titles of cases, types of offences, gender of accused persons, contact details of the police station, investigators and attorneys directly involved with a case, amongst others.
“When fully executed, information about the number of convicts, dates convicted, nature of offences, number of persons on remand or who are simply being processed for court, amongst others, will be shared with the relevant state institutions,” he said.
The President continued, “Through the e-Justice Project, an electronic platform is being provided for process filing, process service, fee assessments, and online payments. The platform, additionally, automatically assigns cases to courts and judges, a clear departure from the days of manual assignments, which had the tendency to pervert the course of justice.”
The paperless court system, President Akufo-Addo explained, “operates with minimal interference, and, if what we have seen so far with the paperless system in use at our ports is anything to go by, then we are guaranteed greater efficiency in our justice delivery system.”
He urged the Chief Justice not to relent in her quest to build a first-class Judiciary, whose hallmarks are competence, fairness, and independence.
“It is, indeed, encourage to note that, in addition to the implementation of this project, training programmes are being held for members of the Bench and their staff. This will augur well for the success of the Project,” he added
The President was hopeful that all actors connected with the e-Justice system will strive for excellence, and demonstrate integrity in the use of the platform, so that anyone, judge, lawyer, or client, who uses the platform, will be confident that justice will always be delivered.
“As we seek to move our country to a situation beyond aid, I urge all Ghanaians to be natural champions of a law-based state, whose establishments are solid enough to sanction effectively vigilantism, bank frauds, cyber frauds, sharp practice, illegal mining, identity thefts, stealing of public funds, bribery and corruption, criminal cartels, and criminal behaviour in general, including assault on and by law enforcement officers. The application of technology to the practice of law and the administration of justice will help facilitate the nation’s ability to reach these goals,” he said.
He was confident that the e-Justice system will be one of the surest ways of diligently executing your task, and appealed to the actors to “make our justice delivery system one we can always be proud of.”
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO GET SOME FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR SHARING. THIS IS NOT NEEDED. WE HAVE SO MUCH CRITICAL ISSUES GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND MONEY, AND HERE YOU GO LAUNCHING SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT WORK IN THE LONG RUN. ALL BECAUSE IT CALLS FOR MONEY TO SHARE. AND WITH THE E-JUSTICE PROJECT, WHERE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE FOUND GUILTY GOING TO BE? WON'T THEY BE SENT TO THE ALREADY OVERCROWDED JAIL THAT DOESN'T EVEN ALLOW THEM TO SLEEP. WOW.....I FEEL SO SORRY FOR GHANA AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN ABJECT POVERTY BECAUSE THEY THE ONES WHO SUFFER THE MOST AS THE LEADERS CONTINUE TO LOOT AND SHARE WHILE LEAVING THEM TO ROT IN POVERTY AND SUFFERING. THIS IS SAD AND VERY PAINFUL. GOD HELP US.
Ene3 mo besu ara awu! we voted for him for that snd we love it and enjoying it ! kwase*a ,if you hadn't come to comment what would have happened to you? why are you people so desperate for power that doesn't belong to you? the Ghanaian people who have the power said in 2016 that they don't want you, they said you are thie*ves what has changed for your thie*very for better? they said ndc are liars and deceptive and what have changed about that? they said you are arrogant and insulting and what shows you've changed* they said you make too much noise and have you changed? they said ndc are divisive and cheat have you changed? they said you are incompetent and what makes you competent now? they said you are the most mismanagement of our economy what have you learnt? they said you are not enlightened and have you worked on that? Ghanaians can't handover their country to indifferent people, people who don't believe in change! you have the opportunity in opposition to address to your shortfalls but you seem indifferent so you will rot in opposition, loud mouth and accusations won't solve your problem but working out your attitude towards Ghanaians the more you come out with opposing views and accusations the more your ndc party look unattractive !LEAVE NPP ALONE & FIND SOLUTION TO YOUR HUGE PROBLEMS! STILL NPP REIGNS !!!
This is all nana addo knows...launching stuff and reading long speeches.people have taken double salaries and npp is stùpidïly watching and doing nothing...nothing is going on!!! 2020 you people should go and call your mothers and fathers to vote for you!!!