Digitalisation is crucial to advancement of judicial system and delivery of justice in Ghana – Dr. Bawumia

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of Ghana and the 2024 flag bearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that digitalisation is crucial to advancement of the judicial system and delivery of justice in Ghana.

Veep disclosed this vital insight after he launched the ‘LEADing Justice’, a strategic framework.
This framework is the vision of Her Ladyship, the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, for the Judiciary and the Judicial Service. It was launched on Monday, April 8, 2024.

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At the launching event, Dr. Bawuma said he was delighted to let the audience know that one of the key components of LEADing Justice, is digitalization.

“Having launched the Electronic Case Tracking System for the criminal justice sector in 2018 and also witnessing the positive impact the e-justice system, which was launched a year later, is having on the administration of justice, I am delighted that digitalization is a key component of this strategic vision of the Chief Justice,” Dr. Bawumia added.

Assuring, he charged the Chief Justice of government’s continuous commitment to support the judiciary, and also urged other stakeholders to support the Chief Justice, in her quest for continuous transformation of the judicial system.

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh