Courts should be given time limits to hear corruption cases -Nyeya Yen
Yen emphasized the need for a multi-faceted approach to curb corruption, including naming, shaming, and swift prosecution.
Social Justice Advocate, Nyeya Yen is advocating for the establishment of time limits for law courts to fast-track the hearing of corruption-related cases in Ghana.
Speaking on the Big Mike Breakfast Show on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Yen emphasized the need for a multi-faceted approach to curb corruption, including naming, shaming, and swift prosecution.
Yen criticized the Judiciary system in Ghana, stating that it favors the privileged over ordinary Ghanaians.
“The system in Ghana and across the world has been built in a way that turns to support the privileged over the ordinary people, so to use the present judiciary system to trial these people will always delay,”
“If we want these courts to adjudicate corrupt cases then we must give them time limits and establish special courts that will fast-track corrupt cases,” Nyeya said.
He also highlighted the disparity in treatment between ordinary citizens and corrupt officials.
“A goat thief is locked up immediately, while someone who steals millions from a hospital, leading to needless deaths, can go to court for four to five years and possibly get out free,” Yen said.
To strengthen anti-corruption efforts, Yen recommended a more robust framework, including measures such as confiscation of properties, public shaming, and communal labor at state factories, farms, and construction sites.
Imprisonment alone, he argued, is an inadequate punitive measure for corrupt officials.
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