Do Not Sabotage New Case Tracking System - Vice President to Stakeholders in Justice Delivery System
Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has sent a
stern warning to stakeholders in the Justice Delivery system of the
country not to in anyway fight and sabotage the new fully integrated
Ghana Case Tracking System developed to properly administer criminal
justice in nation.
Delivering the special guest of honour's
address at the launch of the "Ghana Case-Tracking System" under the
theme "Electronic Case-Tracking Project, A Collaborative Effort" at the
Auditorium of the Law Court Complex, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia
said The citizenry must have confidence in the country's justice
delivery system. Equally, investors must have the assurance that should
they require to fall on the justice delivery system in a country where
they have investments, they will have justice and the rule of Law would
be upheld and respected.
The Ghana CTS certainly has come at an
opportune time to establish an efficient criminal trial system that both
the citizenry and investors can be confident of, the Vice President
observed. He assured that the Akufo Addo led government will do all it
can to ensure that the system is make to work.
"We remain firmly
committed to the success of this project and I can assure you that the
government of His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will do all in
its power to ensure its success and sustainability. Having said this, it
is important to note that a system is only as effective as the
stakeholders permit it to be. No doubt, the successful implementation of
the project is going to hurt the fortunes of some selfish, corrupt and
unpatriotic actors in the justice delivery chain who therefore would
want to do anything just to sabotage the process. We have experienced
this in our Paperless Port Project. Be under no illusion that we are
working with angels" the Vice President said.
He further
indicated that "It is therefore important to have high stakes buy-in
from the leaders of the key stakeholders in the justice delivery system.
They should also ensure that they cooperate with the project
implementers to identify key personnel who are potential change agents
and ready to work with the implementers to ensure the success of the
project".
The Lady Chief Justice
On her part, lady Chief
Justice Sophia A. B. Akuffo expressed great delight for the
realization of the full integrated Ghana Case Tracking System. The
Tracking System according to the Chief Justice, Will raise the profile
of criminal justice delivery in Ghana to be at par with that of the
Western world and would help the Judicial Service and all the
stakeholders achieve process integration in dealing with criminal
activity in Ghana. She urged all the Stakeholders to own the Tracking
system and contribute their quota to make the system a success. She
registered the sincere appreciation of the Judicial Service to the USAID
and by extension to the United States government for the support in
making the project a reality.
US Ambassador to Ghana
In
his address, the US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson reiterated
the US government's commitment to helping Ghana improve on it entire
Legal and Justice Delivery System particularly, the criminal justice
deliver aspect of the system. He observed that with the level of
commitment shown by the leadership of the Judicial Service and all the
stakeholders, he is fully persuaded that the tracking system would be
put to effective use. According to the Ambassador, the USAID, which is
the sponsoring institution for the Project is willing and available to
assist in the full implementation of the Ghana CTS.
The Attorney General
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, cautioned
all the stakeholders to employ the highest level of honesty during the
process of feeding information into the system which she observes will
be carried out by human beings. If the system which is being outdoored
today will withstand the test of time, it will require that all human
interphases to the system do their work efficiently, honestly and with
the highest level of integrity.
The Case Tracking System
The Ghana Case Tracking System, (Ghana CTS) a Government of Ghana
initiative is the first integrated Criminal Justice Tracking System in
the country. The Tracking System under the leadership off the Judicial
Service of Ghana has the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Prisons
Service, the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department, the
Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), and the Legal Aid Scheme as
it main Stakeholders. The Ghana CTS amongst others will promote
inter-agency collaboration and information sharing through an integrated
information Communication Technology system which will enable all the
Key Stakeholder Agencies to electronically access and track the stage,
Status and progress of criminal cases from arrest to conviction or
discharge of the accused person across the complete case life cycle. The
case tracking project has a special focus on crimes related to
Corruption, border security, maritime security and cybercrime.
Objectives Of The Ghana CTS
The Ghana CTS has three main objectives. The first is to develop a
comprehensive design and sustainable roll out process for an integrated
CTS for the Criminal Justice Sector of the country. The Second is to
implement a testing phase and identify the requirements for the
sustainable use and expansion of the integrated CTS and lastly to
improve procedures and policies to strengthen Change management,
coordination and communication across key justice sector institutions
that sustain the use of an integrated CTS.
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