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  • 15 Supreme Court judges appointed under Akufo-Addo’s administration

    A total of fifteen judges have so far been elevated to the Supreme Court bench since President Akufo-Addo assumed office.

    The latest appointment was made on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. It was announced by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on the floor of Parliament following a letter sent to him by the President.

    The President in the statement indicated that “as a result of pending and projected vacancies at the Supreme Court this year, the Judicial Council advised me on July 4, 2022 by letter under the hand of its Chairperson, Chief Justice Anin-Yeboah of the suitabilities of my nominations for appointment to the Court of these persons in accordance with Article 144 (2) of the constitution.”

    The new list comprised three justices of the Court of Appeal and a Justice of the High Court, namely; Justice Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu, Justice George Kingsley Koomson, and Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu (all of the Court of Appeal) and Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu of the High Court.

    Below is the list of all the justices appointed to the Supreme Court under the Akufo-Addo-led administration and their year of appointment. It must be stated that of the 15, one of the judges recently passed on:

    Nene Amegatcher (2018)

    Agnes Dordzie (2018)

    Nii Ashie Kotey (2018)

    Samuel Marful-Sau (deceased) (2018)

    Mariama Owusu (2019)

    Avril Lovelace-Johnson (2019)

    Gertrude Tokornoo (2019)

    Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu (2020)

    Clemence Jackson Honyenuga (2020)

    Joy Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu (2020)

    Yonny Kulendi (2020)

    Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu (2022)

    George Kingsley Koomsom (2022)

    Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu (2022)

    Ernest Yao Gaewu (2022)

  • All the 15 names of the Supreme Court judges appointed by President Akufo-Addo since 2018

    On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, President Akufo-Addo, made an additional four new appointments to the apex court of Ghana, the Supreme Court.

    The appointment, which was announced by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is on the advice of the Judicial Council, as a result of pending vacancies in the Apex court.

    In a statement to parliament, the president said, “he is fully satisfied that each person is duly qualified, and eminently fit to discharge the functions of justice of the apex court.”

    In all, President Nana Akufo-Addo has made 15 appointments to the Supreme Court since he assumed office, making him one of the Heads of State with the highest appointments in Ghana, only next to John Agyekum Kufuor.

    Among the new appointments made by President Akufo-Addo is Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu, who was captured in a 2016 poster as a contestant for the Ho central constituency seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party; the ruling party.

    Below is the list of all the justices appointed by President Akufo-Addo to the Supreme Court since 2018. It must be stated that of the 15, one of the judges recently passed on:

    Nene Amegatcher (2018)

    Agnes Dordzie (2018)

    Nii Ashie Kotey (2018)

    Samuel Marful-Sau (deceased) (2018)

    Mariama Owusu (2019)

    Avril Lovelace-Johnson (2019)

    Gertrude Tokornoo (2019)

    Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu (2020)

    Clemence Jackson Honyenuga (2020)

    Joy Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu (2020)

    Yonny Kulendi (2020)

    Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu (2022)

    George Kingsley Koomsom (2022)

    Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu (2022)

    Ernest Yao Gaewu (2022)

    Source: Ghanaweb