The Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Finance and Administration, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, says the administration of justice cannot remain untouched by artificial intelligence and technology.
She said the Supreme Court must find practical ways to use technology to reduce delays in hearings, case processing and the execution of judgements.
In a solidarity message to mark the 150th anniversary of Ghana’s Supreme Court in Accra, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, who represented the Executive arm of government, said slow justice is expensive justice — and expensive justice is accessible only to a few.
She said Ghana’s jurisprudence must neither become rigid and closed to developments elsewhere nor so open that it loses its grounding in Ghanaian values and experience.
“The Supreme Court can learn from others without losing its identity,” she noted.
The Deputy Chief of Staff, who is also a legal practitioner, said public legal literacy and access to justice must be real priorities. She explained that if ordinary Ghanaians cannot understand what the courts are doing or cannot afford to use them, then even the most brilliant legal systems will not serve their purpose.
Madam Bampoe Addo urged the Supreme Court to guard its culture of excellence and independence carefully, stressing that institutions are shaped by the people within them.
She said how judges are appointed, the standards they are held to, and the example they set for the Bar all matter greatly.
She added that Ghana’s judiciary has produced its finest moments through people of strong character, and that the next 50 years will be built in the same way.
Madam Bampoe Addo said that as the country marks 150 years of the Supreme Court, Ghana’s judges must remain at the forefront of justice and legality. She emphasised that the court must continue to stand as the final safeguard against arbitrariness, abuse of power and constitutional erosion.
She also called on the Supreme Court to deepen gender-sensitive inclusiveness and broaden access to justice for all, especially women, persons with disabilities and the poor.
“The doors of the law must remain open to the vulnerable, the unheard and the underserved,” she added.
