{"id":393867,"date":"2017-06-02T13:11:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/02\/speaker-refers-nominee-for-chief-justice-position-to-appointments-cttee\/"},"modified":"2017-06-02T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T13:11:16","slug":"speaker-refers-nominee-for-chief-justice-position-to-appointments-cttee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/02\/speaker-refers-nominee-for-chief-justice-position-to-appointments-cttee\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker refers nominee for Chief Justice position to Appointments C\u2019ttee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has referred the President&#8217;s nominee for the position of Chief Justice, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo, to the Appointments Committee of the House for consideration and report.<\/p>\n<p>That was after he had read\u00a0 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo&#8217;s communication to him on the appointment of the Chief Justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The President urged the House to support the appointment, as the sitting Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, was due for retirement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The appointment is in accordance with Article 144 (1) of the 1992 Constitution, which provides that \u201cthe Chief Justice shall be appointed by the President, acting in consultation with the Council of State and with the approval of Parliament\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Article 144 (2) provides that \u201cthe other Supreme Court justices shall be appointed by the President, acting on the advice of the Judicial Council, in consultation with the Council of State and with the approval of Parliament\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brief profile<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms Justice Akuffo, who has a master\u2019s degree in Law (LLM) from the University of Harvard in the United States of America (USA), has been a justice of the Supreme Court since 1995.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t              <!-- new position --><br \/>\n          <!-- new position end -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has referred the President&#8217;s nominee for the position of Chief Justice, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo, to the Appointments Committee of the House for consideration and report. 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