Four persons, three of whom have been serving as Justices of the Appeal’s Court, and the other, on the High Court, have been appointed by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to serve as Justices of the Supreme Court.
They are Justice Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu, Justice of Appeal; Justice George Kingsley Koomson, Justice of Appeal; Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu, Justice of Appeal; and Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu, Justice of the High Court.
Their appointment follows advice given to the President by the Chairman of the Judicial Council and Chief Justice of the land, Justice Anim-Yeboah, of the suitability of his nominations for appointment to the Supreme Court.
In a communique addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin dated Monday, July 25, 2022, and the same read on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, President Akufo-Addo said the appointment of the four persons to the Supreme Court is in accordance with Article 144 (2) of the 1992 Constitution.
Having consulted the Council of State of the appointment of the four persons and secured the approval, President Akufo-Addo said “I am therefore in accordance with Article 144 (2), seeking the approval of Parliament for the appointment of the nominees as Justices of the Supreme Court. I am fully satisfied that each of these persons is duly qualified, and eminently fit to discharge the functions of a Justice of the Supreme Court. It is my respectful hope and expectation that the approval of the nominees will proceed expeditiously, to enable them to assume office as soon as practicable”, he noted.
The Speaker having read out the Communique to the entire membership of the House present referred the nominees to the Appointments Committee of Parliament chaired by the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, for consideration and report to the plenary.
