President Akufo-Addo Swears In Justice Anin-Yeboah As 14th Chief Justice Of Ghana

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday January 7, 2020 swore in Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah as the 14th Chief Justice of Ghana.

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Chief Justice Anin-Yeboah replaces Justice Sophia Akuffo, who went into retirement on December 20, 2019.

Prior to his swearing in, the Parliament of Ghana on December 24, 2019 unanimously approved the President’s nomination of Justice Anin-Yeboah.

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The new Chief Justice of Ghana was born on May 1953. After graduating from law school, he started off as an Assistant State Attorney at the Office of the Attorney General’s Department, in Koforidua in the Eastern Region.

As the long serving Secretary, he was subsequently elected President of the Eastern Regional Bar Association.

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Justice Anin Yeboah was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ghana in June 2008 by former President Kufuor, having served as a Justice of the Court of Appeal from 2003 to 2008 and at the High Court from 2002 to 2003 in Ghana.

At a brief ceremony held at the Banquet Hall of the Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo administrated the Oath of Allegiance, the Judicial Oath, and the Oath of Secrecy to Justice Anin Yeboah, and subsequently presented to him the instrument of appointment.

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This is the second time that the President have had the honour of discharging the constitutional obligation of administering the Oath of Office to the Chief Justice.

Among the many things the President said at the ceremony, he told the new Chief Justice that: “I expert decency, discipline, fairness, hard work, deep seated respect for the rule of law, and the continuing modernization of judicial activity to be the hallmarks of your era as Chief Justice.”

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On his part, Chief Justice Anin Yeboah thanks the President for the confidence repose in him.

The occasion was witnessed by many dignitaries from across the length and breadth of the country.

Source: AfricaCelebrities.com