Wp/wlx/Sophia Akuffo

Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo JSC ( dɔgbubio aŋ ɩ 20 December 1949) ɩyɛ Gaana paalʋʋ chief justice koree ayi 19 June 2017 a waana 20 December 2019. Ʋ daaŋ ɩyɛ Jɛɛjɩ Gaa.a Kɔɔtɩ Kpoŋ puoŋ ayi 1995 saŋa ne jaa.^[1]

Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo JSC
Sophia Akuffo undergoing vetting for the role of Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of Ghana

13th Chief Justice of Ghana 24th Chief Justice of Gold Coast/Ghana
In office 19 June 2017 – 20 December 2019
Appointed by	Nana Akufo-Addo
Preceded by	Georgina Wood
Succeeded by	Kwasi Anin-Yeboah
Supreme Court Judge
In office 30 November 1995 – 20 December 2019
Appointed by	Jerry Rawlings
Personal details
Born	20 December 1949 (age 76) Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana
Children	1 daughter
Alma mater	Parliament Hill School Wesley Girls' High School University of Ghana Ghana School of Law Harvard University
Occupation	Lawyer Judge

Karɩmbo

Presbyterian ministe bipɔgɔ la, ʋ nyiyɛ ʋ sɛkondrɩ sukuu karɩmbo yiniŋ Parliament Hill School, Hampstead, London anɩŋ Wesley Girls' Haiɛ Sukuu, Cape Coast chɛ ʋŋ la nyɛ ʋ lɔɔyɛɛ mɩŋ Bachelor degree yiniŋ University of Ghana.^[2]^[3] Ʋ la karɩŋ gaa nimbituorɩ Ghana School of Lawŋ, ka bɩŋ la ʋŋ daaŋ baahe a yi lɛo Lɔɔya.^[2] Akuffo daaŋ daahaŋ saŋa ŋa ka ʋ lɛo lɔɔya a yire Nana Akufo-Addo seŋ, ka ʋna la nie ŋa aŋ daaŋ wa lɛo Gaana Yidaandaʋ 2017 puoŋ.^[4] Ʋ nyiyɛ master's degree Lɔɔ puoŋ a yiniŋ Harvard.^[3]^[5]^[6]

Yɛlɩnyɔgruu

Sophia Akuffo daaŋ tunɩyɛ ʋ mɩŋa tuma a atarɩ waana ka Jerry Rawlings daaŋ wa ihuʋ ʋŋ kpɛ Kɔɔtɩ Kpoŋ November 1995 puoŋ. Ʋ paaheyɛ Commonwealth Kiriŋmaabu Karɩmbujie Yidiɛɛreba Committee puoŋ,^[3]^[7] a la ɩ kogodaana ku Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force yuoŋ jɛmaa. January 2006 puoŋ, ba daaŋ ihuʋŋ ʋŋ paahe fɔrɔ kiriŋmaarɩba ne tɩ Afrɩka Yɛlɩkaabaaheyiri ŋa aŋ kaara Ninsaalɩba Suŋtuubu puoŋ:^[8] baaŋ daaŋ ihuʋŋ ʋŋ tuŋ yuomo ayi^[9] chɛ baŋ daaŋ la ihuʋ ʋŋ tuna tuma a waana 2014 anɩŋ ʋ daaŋ wa lɛoyɛ ana kɔɔtɩ ŋa yidiɛɛra yiiluŋ a baahaaŋ ʋŋ wa lɛo a yidiɛɛra mɩŋa.^[10]^[5]

Akuffo daaŋ sɛʋyɛ buku ka ʋ yuori la The Application of Information & Communication Technology in the Judicial Process – the Ghanaian Experience, a presentation to the African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).^[1]

Gaana Kiriŋma-Naa

11 May 2017 puoŋ, ba daaŋ ihiye Akuffo ʋŋ na lɛo Gaana Kɔɔtɩ Kpoŋ Kiriŋma-Naa, ka palɩmentɩŋ na sagɛ kuʋ la bla.^[3]^[5] Palalʋʋ Yidaandaʋ Akuffo-Addo laŋ daaŋ puŋ ʋ ju 19 June 2017 daare ʋŋ lɛo Gaana paalʋʋ Kiriŋma-Naa pie-nɩŋ- ata daana.^[11] Ʋ kiri baahaa ʋŋ daaŋ ŋma ɩyɛ 18 December 2019 daare ka Kɔɔtɩ Kpoŋ daaŋ biŋ begu ka ba na baŋ kpɛyɛ kɔɔtɩ pɛɛhebo beriŋ anɩŋ banke pɛɛhebo beri mɩŋ ka a naŋ wuli ka yɛla ne aŋ wa ba seŋ ɩyɛ nimbiji yɛla la bla.^[12] Ʋŋ daaŋ puoheye Gaana Yidaanda Koee mine barika. Ka ba mine la John Atta Mills aŋ daaŋ ɩ ʋ karɩma atɩ jɛgɩ Lampoo (Taxation) Gaana Lɔɔ Sukuuŋ a daaŋ la buoɔŋ ʋ yuori ka ba ɩhuʋ ka ʋ paahe African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights Ethiopia puoŋ. Ʋŋ daaŋ puohe Jerry Rawlings mɩŋ aŋ daaŋ ihuʋ ka ʋ kpɛ a paalʋʋ Kɔɔtɩ Kpoŋ 1995 puoŋ anɩŋ John Kufuor mɩŋ aŋ daaŋ ihuʋ ka ʋ lɛo African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights 2006 puoŋ.^[3] Ʋ daaŋ wa lɛoyɛ kɔɔtɩ Naa anɩŋ John Mahama sumbu ka Akufo-Addo mɩŋ daaŋ wa ihuʋ ʋŋ lɛo kiriŋma naa.^[13]^[3]

Kiriŋma Sɛʋre

New Patriotic Party v Attorney-General (also referred to as the CIBA case) 1997 ICHRL 24 (12 March 1997)
Abankro and Others Vrs Ansah (J2 2 of 2009) [2016] GHASC 74 (9 March 2016)
Banful and Another Vrs Attorney General and Another (J1 7 of 2016) [2017] GHASC 21 (22 June 2017)
Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association Vrs Attorney Genera and Another (J1 4 of 2016) [2017] GHASC 45 (3 November 2017)
Chraj Vrs Attorney General and Others (J1 3 of 2010) [2011] GHASC 19 (6 April 2011)

Ʋŋ daaŋ wa tuŋ tuma a ɩ Kiriŋmaarɩba-Naa baahe, Akuffo daaŋ diɛɛyɛ pɛɛhebo 2019 puoŋ.^[14]^[15]^[16]

28 March 2020 puoŋ, Nana Akufo-Addo daaŋ ihiye Akuffo ka ʋ ɩ yidiɛɛra ku COVID-19 National Trust Fund ŋa baŋ daaŋ piili COVID-19 baaluŋ kpoŋ saŋaŋ.^[17]^[18]^[19]

Ʋna daaŋ la la University of Ghana yidiɛɛrɩba kogodaana^[20] achɛ daaŋ la paahe nuoɔrɩ yeni lambuhi yɛga yidiɛɛrɩba puoŋ.^[21]

Yideme

Ʋ tarɩyɛ bipɔgɔ yuori aŋ ɩ Violet Padi anɩŋ yaaŋhe bayi aŋ la Samuel Osei nɩŋ Cara Nyame. Ʋ yideme ɩyɛ jɛmaa ka ʋ yɛupɔgɩba ɩ banu chɛ ʋ nɩŋ saaju bata ne yɛla aŋ daŋ yɛlɩ ne laŋ piɛɛlɩ taa yɛga.

Lɛo Kaa Chɛ Mɩŋ

Chief Justice of Ghana
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Tarɩjiihi

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