The President of the Ashanti Regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association, Kwame Owusu Sekyere, has urged the public to refrain from using social media as a platform for seeking justice.
He emphasized that legal disputes should be resolved through the courts or Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms.
Speaking at the launch of Commercial ADR Week on March 17, 2025, at the Court of Appeal Complex in Kumasi, under the theme “Building the Pillars of Justice Delivery through Commercial Justice ADR,” he cautioned that relying on social media for legal redress is unconstitutional and undermines the judicial process.
He further encouraged Ghanaians to embrace the new court-connected ADR system for adjudicating disputes when they arise.
“…Thankfully, the judiciary has gone through a process where we now have ADR as part of the justice delivery system, and our commercial court is there for us. So the issue where people take their matters to the media for adjudication does not work and is unconstitutional. My Lords, we beseech that these issues need to be resolved.
“Thankfully for us, the process for ADR goes through the judicial system, where if you have an issue or are dissatisfied, you have the right to appeal something that does not exist when the media decides, which they do not make any determination.
“On this note, we invite the public and the people of Ghana to accept the court-connected ADR for adjudication in their disputes when they arise,” he noted.
