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  Ghana paid a total of GH¢1.9 billion in judgment debts over the last two decades, a comprehensive review by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), an independent social accountability entity, has revealed. The CSJ s review of the payments from 2000 to 2019 showed that about GH¢1.4 billion of the judgment debt paid over the period arose from alleged contractual breaches by government and its agencies. Additionally, GH¢479 million of the judgment debts resulted from compensation on land acquisition by the state, while statutory breaches accounted for GH¢29.9 million. The study, which explored trends, patterns, causes and impact of judgment debt payments from the public coffers over the two decades, relying on data from the Sole Commissioner s Report and the Auditor-General s Report of 2011 to 2019, cited negligence, blatant disregard for public procurement laws, illegal abrogation of contracts and corrupt activities by public officials in their line of duty as the primary ca

Ernest aryeeteyTheresa mannah blanksonUniversity of ghanaAudit serviceUniversity of north carolinaCentre for social justiceSocial justiceSole commissionerAssistant professorNorth carolinaSpecial prosecutorFourth republicProfessor ernest aryeeteyபல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் கானாதணிக்கை சேவைபல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் வடக்கு கரோலினா