Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s recent report on Governance in Africa has revealed a significant decline on the impartiality status of the judicial system in Ghana.
According to the report that scored Ghana 62.2 % and placed the country 7th out of 52 countries, Ghana’s judicial system impartiality perception by the citizens has seen a decline of about 30%. This report exposes the loopholes in the judgement system of the country’s judicial service.
Ghana, whose impartiality index score was 95.3% in 2014, has seen a significant reduction in the span of ten years. The index score for impartiality status according to report now stands at 68.3%, totaling a drop of 27 points.
The report also indicates that public confidence in the judiciary’s adherence to due and fair process has eroded, with this score falling from 66.6 in 2014 to 45.7 in 2023. It also explains how woeful the country’s judicial service has fared un the Akufo-Addo administration after inheriting a score of 94.1 points in 2017, which briefly rose to 97 points but then declined sharply to 75 points in 2018.
