Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo

Joyce Bamford-Addo

human

Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Ghana
Name in native language	Joyce Bamford-Addo
Given name	Joyce
Family name	Addo
Date of birth	26 Dɔnwalig/Nwadisanaasi 1937
Place of birth	Accra
Languages spoken, written or signed	English
Occupation	judge, politician, lawyer
Position held	Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
Educated at	Holy Child High School, Ghana
Work location	Accra
Religion or worldview	Catholicism
Member of	Inner Temple
Award received	Order of the Volta

Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo, JSC, CV (ba du’a o nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pistan nɛ ayɔpɔi nwadisa atan la dabpisi nɛ ayuobʋ daar, 26 March 1937) ka o an Ghana lɔya nɛ piyam ka da an yiiga pʋ’akanɛ da an Speaker of Parliament tis Ghana din yi yʋʋm tusa ay nɛ awai (2009) paae yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ atan (2013). Onɛ an pʋ’akanɛ ka ba da gaŋi o tis kpɛŋkan ni West African sʋ’ʋlim wʋsa. Bamford-Addo da lɛn anɛ yga pʋ’a lieb Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. O da tʋm ani din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiwai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne la ni (1991) paae yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ anaasi la ni (2004) ka o tʋʋma naae.

On sin’iŋ si’em nɛ o sakur yɛla

Ba da dʋ’a o nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pistan nɛ ayɔpɔi la ni (1937). O saam da anɛ na’asaara ka o ma an Ghana ninkanɛ yi Aburi, Joyce Bamford-Addo dakɛŋnɛ St. Mary's Boarding School nɛ Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) Boarding School, on nɛ o taʋn Cynthia, Cape Coast ka o da maali basic education. Din nya’aŋ o da keŋ Holy Child School, dinɛ mɛ bɛ Cape Coast la maali o secondary education. Ka tɔlisi keŋ United Kingdom paami legal training. O da naal Inner Temple ye o zamis tʋʋmkanɛ yʋ’ʋri an Inns of court ka da lieb lɔya tis English Bar la yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiwai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ yinne la ni (1961).

Judicial service

Bamford-Addo da fɛndigi lɛb Ghana on da tʋm tis United Kingdom yʋma bi’ela la nya’aŋ. O da lieb lɔya Ghana kpɛla yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ ayi la ni (1962). O da pin’il tʋmnɛ Assistant State Attorney tʋʋma yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ atan la ni (1963) ka da paam tuon kennɛ lieb State Attorney, din nya’aŋ ka o da paam kpɛŋʋ tɔlis tuoni lieb Senior State Attorney ka yʋ’ʋn naan kilim Principal State Attorney. O da nɔbʋgʋ kena kilim Chief State Attorney yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ atan la ni (1973). Ba da gaŋ o ye o an Director of Public Prosecutions yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ ayuobʋ la ni (1976), da bɛ kpɛŋkan ni yʋʋm piiga.

Ghana Supreme Court piyam

erry Rawlings da lɛn gaŋ o ye an Supreme Court piayam yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne la ni (1991), ka an yiiga pʋ’akanɛ an kilim Piyam tis Supreme Court of Ghana. On da tʋm gɔmena tʋʋma yʋma bɛdigʋ la, o mɛŋ da siaki yi ka bas tʋʋma la Supreme Court ni yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ anaasi nwadis piiga la ni (October 2004). Nidib da yɛl ye o yi tʋʋma la ninɛ ban gaŋ o gaadi nɔk onɛ bɛɛ o nya’aŋ, Justice George Kingsley Acquah, ye o an Chief Justice la.

Pɔlitis

Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ yinne la ni (1991), Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) saŋa, Bamford-Addo da lieb Second Deputy Speaker tis Ghana's Consultative Assembly, ka da paas banɛ da sɔb gbaʋŋkanɛ da yuolim lieb Ghana yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayi wada gbaʋŋ la (1992 constitution).

Speaker of Parliament

Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ anii (2008) zuraan nɛ wadmaannib vɔɔtʋg la nya’aŋ ba da vɔɔt o ka sɔ’ pʋ nya’ nɛ o ka kilim Speaker tis Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana o da di’e yinɛ Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes ni, ka da an yiiga pʋ’akanɛ mɔr kpɛŋkan, ka an pʋ’akanɛ paasi ayi an zuraan tis gɔmena lʋgʋr, ban da gaŋ Georgina Theodora Wood ka o da an Chief Justice tis Supreme Court of Ghana. Vɔɔtʋg la keya ka o an pʋ’akanɛ bɛ tuon Ghana pɔlitis nwɛ’ɛb ni, hali gaad Georgina Theodora Woods. O yɛla yʋ’ʋn da tiig Africa nɛ dunia wʋsa ka o yʋ’ʋn naali o pʋ’a taab banɛ an speaker nam nwɛnɛ Betty Boothroyd onɛ bɛ United Kingdom nɛ Nancy Pelosi onɛ bɛ United States of America ka ba an yiiga pʋ’abanɛ an speaker nami ba tɛɛnsin.

Tʋʋma la’asʋg nam

Bamford-Addo paas Ghana Bar Association, Catholic Lawyers Guild, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) nɛ Commonwealth Lawyers Association. On da tʋm gɔmena tʋʋma la ka an Supreme Court Piyam la, o da paas Legal Aid Board nɛ Judicial Council (General Legal Council) pʋʋgin.

O da lɛn anɛ onɛ zi’en Ghana nɔba zug UN Commission on the Status of women international conferences nam bɛdegʋ ni.

Ya’an piininam

American Biographical Institute da tis Bamford-Addo ya’an piini ye onɛ an pʋ’akanɛ mɔ gaadi o taaba yʋʋm yusa ayi la ni (2000) on da mɔɔd pʋ’ab yɛla nɛ ba tuon ken yɛla la. O lɛn anɛ pʋ’akanɛ yɔ’ɔg suor law nɛ legislation ni Ghana ka lɛn an zanbin tis Ghana pʋ’ab.

Ghana Association of Women Entrepreneurs (GAWE) da zun’oe o bɛ Global Women Entrepreneur Trade Fair and Investment Forum bɛ Accra dinner and awards night yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ yinne la ni (2011) on nɛ Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, pʋ’akanɛ an yiiga Chief Justice, Anna Bossman, pʋ’akanɛ da an yiiga zi’en Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) nɔba zug nɛ Elizabeth Mills-Robertson, pʋ’akanɛ da an yiiga zi’en Inspector General of Police (IGP) nɔba zug.

Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ yinne nwadis piiga la ni (October 2011), Zuraan John Evans Atta Mills da piinl o nɛ Companion of the Order of the Volta, dinɛ gad Order of Volta piininam la wʋsa, pa’an tʋʋmsʋŋkanɛ ka o tʋmmi tisid Ghana la.

O mɛŋ bɛllim

Bamford-Addo anɛ Kristo biig onɛ pɛsigi o mɛŋ ka an Roman Catholic pʋ’ʋsim nid.