{"id":771077,"date":"2019-12-24T17:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/24\/parliament-approves-anin-yeboah-as-chief-justice\/"},"modified":"2019-12-24T17:14:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T17:14:26","slug":"parliament-approves-anin-yeboah-as-chief-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/24\/parliament-approves-anin-yeboah-as-chief-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Approves Anin-Yeboah As Chief Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parliament has approved the appointment of Kwasi Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice, less than 24 hours after his vetting by the Appointment\u2019s Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Anin-Yeboah, a well-seasoned lawyer, was nominated by President Akufo-Addo to replace the retired\u00a0Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo.<\/p>\n<p>His vetting was not without controversy as the Minority had threatened to boycott the process, accusing the Chairman of the Appointment\u2019s Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, of attempting to rush the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice Anin-Yeboah was asked for his personal views on matters regarding court proceedings and rulings, his achievements and aspirations among others.<\/p>\n<p>He was of the view that new courts were needed across the country instead of a renovation of old courts that are now death traps. He also described as mere exaggerations, assertion by the general public that the judiciary was corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>He further added that he will not consider changing the dress code of lawyers and judges from wigs and gowns since it was the official uniform for the profession.<\/p>\n<p>His approval by Parliament pending a swearing-in, makes him the first male Chief Justice in 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>He succeeds, Justice Sophia Akuffo who occupied the position from 2017 to 2019 and Justice Georgina Theodora Wood who held the position from 2007-2017.<\/p>\n<p> He is however yet to be sworn into office by President Akufo-Addo. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Background on Chief Justice Anin-Yeboah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justice Anin Yeboah is currently the fourth longest-serving Justice of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the Ghana School of Law in 1981, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President John Agyekum Kufuor in June 2008.<br \/>Prior to that, he had served as a Justice of the High Court from 2002 to 2003 and a Justice of the Court of Appeal from 2003 to 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from being a Supreme Court Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah is also a part-time lecturer in Civil Procedure and the Ghana Legal System at the Ghana School of Law.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Anin Yeboah\u2019s name is also associated with football. In May 2017, he was appointed the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA).<\/p>\n<p> He also served as the Chairman of the Appeal\u2019s Committee of the Ghana Football Association from 2004 to 2008. <\/p>\n<p><strong>-Myjoyonline<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah Parliament has approved the appointment of Kwasi Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice, less than 24 hours after his vetting by the Appointment\u2019s Committee. Justice Anin-Yeboah, a well-seasoned lawyer, was nominated by President Akufo-Addo to replace the retired\u00a0Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo. His vetting was not without controversy as the Minority had threatened to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":770518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-771077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parliament Approves Anin-Yeboah As Chief Justice - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/24\/parliament-approves-anin-yeboah-as-chief-justice\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Parliament Approves Anin-Yeboah As Chief Justice - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah Parliament has approved the appointment of Kwasi Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice, less than 24 hours after his vetting by the Appointment\u2019s Committee. 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