{"id":327711,"date":"2017-06-12T13:56:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T13:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=327711"},"modified":"2017-06-12T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T13:56:52","slug":"justice-sophia-akuffo-to-be-vetted-on-june-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/justice-sophia-akuffo-to-be-vetted-on-june-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Sophia Akuffo to be vetted on June 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Appointments Committee of Parliament has set next Monday, the 19th<\/sup> of June 2017, to vet the President\u2019s nominee for the position of Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo.<\/p>\n

The President\u00a0named Justice Sophia Akuffo\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>last month, following the retirement of former Chief Justice, Georgina Wood.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”i6Z4Fsbd7fueSP79zM2efxWYJqm5A2jf”]Currently, Justice William Atuguba is the acting Chief Justice. The approval process of Parliament is in line with Article 144 of the 1992 constitution.<\/p>\n

Confirming the date to Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Duke Mensah Opoku, Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, also added that the vetting of Irene Naa Toshie Addo as District Assembly Common Fund Administrator is scheduled for 20th<\/sup> June.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are changing our modalities a little bit, but we have proposed the 19th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup> June. Unless there are some changes, it is going to be 19th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup> of June. We have decided that we will take CVs, and then five days after we have taken CVs, we begin working so if we said 19th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup> and say for example the CV of the Chief Justice comes on the 17th ,\u00a0<\/sup>we’ll give ourselves five days , so if anyone delays CVs then he or she will be delaying the vetting,” Mr.\u00a0 Mubarak explained.<\/p>\n

About the CJ nominee\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sophia Akuffo had her Masters in Law (LLM) from the Havard University in the United States.<\/p>\n

She has been a member of the Governing Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute and the Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force.<\/p>\n

In January 2006, she was elected one of the first judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights initially elected for two years, she was subsequently re-elected until 2014 and is at present serving as Vice-President\u00a0of the Court.<\/p>\n

She has written The Application of Information & Communication Technology in the Judicial Process \u2013 the\u00a0Ghanaian Experience, a presentation to the African Judicial Network\u00a0Ghana\u00a0(2002). If confirmed by\u00a0parliament\u00a0Justice Sophia Akuffo will be the fifth Chief Justice under the fourth republic after; Isaac Kobina Abban\u00a0who served between 1995 to 2001.<\/p>\n

Edward Kwame Wiredu also served between 2001 and 2003 while George Kingsley Acquah served from 2003 to 2007 before Georgina Theodora Wood from 2007 to 2017.<\/p>\n

Justice Akuffo will also be the 13th Chief Justice in the history of the Republic of\u00a0Ghana.<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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