[ 2017-05-12 ]

Justice Sophia Akuffo as the new Chief Justice of Ghana

Justice Sophia Akuffo will be next Chief Justice
JOY NEWS can confirm that President Akufo-Addo has
now firmly settled on Justice Sophia Akuffo as
Ghana’s next Chief Justice following last
night’s cabinet meeting.

After frank discussions with his cabinet last
night at which other names such as Justice Jones
Dotse and Anim Yeboah came up, the President made
a strong case for Madam Sophia Akuffo.

It is now a done deal and it is just a matter of
time before the President outdoors Sophia Akuffo
as his choice for Chief Justice.

JOY NEWS is also learning that the President will
at midday today make a major announcement.

Sophia A.B. Akuffo has been a Judge of the Supreme
Court of Ghana for the past two decades.

Sophia Akuffo trained as a lawyer under Nana
Akufo-Addo who had her Masters in Law (LLM) from
the Havard University in the United States.

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.

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

She has written The Application of Information &
Communication Technology in the Judicial Process
– the Ghanaian Experience, a presentation to the
African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).

One of her famous cases is when she presided over
the Montie 3 in 2016.

Current Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood is
leaving office in June after 10 years service as
the head of the third arm of government, the
Judiciary.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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