Increasing Supreme Court Justices will ensure speedy, effective justice-AG

The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has endorsed the Chief Justice's proposal to appoint five additional justices to the Supreme Court. 

Godfred Dame believes this initiative will help reduce delays, cut down unnecessary expenses, and enhance the overall efficiency of the Supreme Court.

In a letter dated May 30, 2024, and addressed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Chief Justice suggested the appointment of five new justices to the Supreme Court.

They are Justice Angelina Mensah Homiah, Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, Justice Cyra Pamela C.A. Koranteng, and Justice Afia Asare Botwe.

In his correspondence to the presidency, the Attorney General argued that; 

"Given the breadth of the multiplicity of jurisdictions of the Supreme Court and the influx of cases at the Supreme Court, the request for the increase in the number of Justices serving on the Supreme Court from the conventional fifteen (in addition to the Chief Justice) to twenty, is not only constitutional but would ensure speedy and effective justice, minimize delays and unnecessary expense and conduce to the general efficient administration of the Supreme Court."

He added; "Understandably, the permutations in the constitution of the panels, almost simultaneously, could be daunting for effective and efficient work in the face of the limited number of Justices at the Supreme Court, as the Court is incessantly inundated with cases."