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<\/p>\nPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in the new Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, into office.<\/p>\n
The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Accra today [Monday].<\/p>\n
Justice Sophia Akuffo, hours earlier, received a unanimous approval by Parliament after the House debated a report from her 5-hour long vetting last week.<\/p>\n
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President Akufo-Addo, while swearing in Justice Sophia Akuffo, expressed confidence in her ability to deliver on her mandate.<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo said the new Chief Justice \u201cwill bring honour to the Judiciary and to our country\u201d, adding that \u201cin her, we have a worthy successor to Chief Justice Wood and the others who have gone before her.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Outlining her qualities, the President noted \u201chard work, discipline, capacity for detailed research, intimate knowledge of the law, independence of mind and spirit, honesty and integrity, deep-seated respect for the rule of law and for the best traditions of the legal profession, abiding belief in the sovereignty of Almighty God.\u201d<\/p>\n
She becomes the 13th Chief Justice in the position, and the second female after the immediate past Chief Justice, Georgina Wood.<\/p>\n
About Sophia Akuffo<\/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 of the Court.<\/p>\n She has written The Application of Information & Communication Technology in the Judicial Process \u2013 the Ghanaian Experience, a presentation to the African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).<\/p>\n If confirmed by parliament Justice Sophia Akuffo will be the fifth Chief Justice under the fourth republic after; Isaac Kobina Abban who served between 1995 to 2001.<\/p>\n Edward Kwame Wiredu also served between 2001 and 2003 while George Kingley Acquah served from 2003 to 2007 before Georgina Theodora Wood from 2007 to 2017. – President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in the new Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, into office. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Accra today [Monday]. Justice Sophia Akuffo, hours earlier, received a unanimous approval by Parliament after the House debated a report from her 5-hour long vetting last week. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[8,1748,3,466],"yoast_head":"\n
\nJustice Akuffo will also be the 13th<\/sup> Chief Justice in the history of the Republic of Ghana.<\/p>\n
\nBy: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"