Sophia Akuffo

Sophia Akuffo

human

Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Ghana
Name in native language	Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo
Given name	Sophia
Family name	Akuffo
Date of birth	20 Samanpiid/Nwadispii nɛ atan 1949
Place of birth	Akropong
Languages spoken, written or signed	English, Twi
Occupation	politician, lawyer, judge
Position held	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Chief Justice of Ghana
Educated at	Harvard Law School, Wesley Girls' Senior High School, Parliament Hill School, Ghana lɔyanam sakur
Work location	Accra

Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo JSC (du’a nɛ yʋʋm tusir kɔbiswai nɛ pisnaasi nɛ awai li nwadis piinɛ ayi la, li dabisim pisi daar) ka da aan Chief Justice Ghana nwa  li da yi yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayɔpɔi li nwadis ayuobʋ la li daisim piinɛ awai daar ti paae ar ti paae yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ awai li nwadis piinɛ ayi li dabisim pisi daar. O da aan piyam bɛ  Supreme Court of Ghana li yi yʋʋm tusir kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ anu.

O sakur keŋ yɛla

O da anɛ Presbyterian karimsaam bipʋŋ , o da keŋ secondary sakur nɛ  Parliament Hill School, Hampstead, London nɛ Wesley Girls' High School, Cape Coast ka nɛ o paam  Bachelor of law degree n yi University of Ghana. O da dɔlisi o sakur nɛ   Ghana School of Law ani ka o paam suor aan barrister. Akuffo zamis lɔy bɛ Nana Akufo-Addo. O mɔr Master's degree bɛ Law yi Harvard University in USA.

O tʋʋma yɛla

Sophia Akuffo da tʋʋmɛ bɛ private practice ka Jerry Rawlings da nɔki o ka o tʋʋm Supreme Court bɛ yʋʋm tʋsir kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ awai la, li nwadis piinɛ yinne la. O da paasi   Governing Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute nidib la, ka aan kʋk daan n bɛ  Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force  bɛ yʋma bɛdegʋ.Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ ayuobʋ li nwadig yinne la, ba da vɔt tis o ka o aan piyam nam la yinne bɛ African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights: Ba da vɔt tis o ka o bɛ yʋma ayi ka ba da lɛm vɔt tis o ya’as ti paae 2014 ka o aan kʋk daan nya’adɔl  nɛ kʋk daan bɛ Court.

Akuffo da sɔb Application of Information & Communication Technology n bɛ Judicial Process – Ghana dim la Experience, a presentation to the African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).

Piyam nam kpɛɛm Ghana nwa

Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayuobʋ la li nwadis anu li dabisim piinɛ ayinne, ba da ti gaŋ Akuffo ka o aan highest ranking piyam n bɛ Supreme Court of Ghana  Nana Akuffo-Addo saŋa,ka wadmaanib yir dim da siak.Akuffo-Addo da zʋgʋ o nɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayuobʋ li nwadis ayuobʋ la  li dabisim piinɛ awai , o da paasi Piyam nam kpɛɛm nam piinɛ atan’ nam  Ghana Republic. Saria kad kanɛ ka o da paas kpi’ilim bɛni  yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ awai  li nwadis piinɛ ayi’ li dabisim piinɛ anii daar, ka  Supreme Court  da siak ye courts nɛ nya’aŋi zin’  bakɔi naar nɛ  bank vʋ’osim dabisa nɛ ba tu’a  antu’a kpana. O mɛ da pʋ’ʋs  Ghana gɔmma zuraan kʋda si’eba. Ba yiine anɛ John Atta Mills onɛ da o  pa’anɛ o bɛ Taxation at the Ghana Law School ka ba mɛ lem gaŋ o n bɛ African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights bɛ Ethiopia.O mɛ lɛm da pʋ’ʋsi  Jerry Rawlings onɛ gaŋ o ka o tʋm n bɛ  Supreme Court bɛ yʋʋm tusir kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ anu nɛ John Kufuor onɛ gaŋ o ka o tʋm n bɛ  African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights bɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ ayuobʋ. o da yʋ’ʋn lieb kʋk daan tis court yi ti  John Mahama  sʋŋi ka  Nana Akufo-Addo da gaŋ o ka o an piyam naam kpɛɛm.

Judicial writings

• New Patriotic Party v Attorney-General (also referred to as the CIBA case) 1997 ICHRL 24 (12 March 1997)
• Abankro and Others Vrs Ansah (J2 2 of 2009) [2016] GHASC 74 (9 March 2016)
• Banful and Another Vrs Attorney General and Another (J1 7 of 2016) [2017] GHASC 21 (22 June 2017)
• Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association Vrs Attorney General and Another (J1 4 of 2016) [2017] GHASC 45 (3 November 2017)
• Chraj Vrs Attorney General and Others (J1 3 of 2010) [2011] GHASC 19 (6 April 2011)

On da  aan piyam nam kpɛɛm la nya’aŋ , Akuffo da keŋ  vʋ’osim bɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ awai.

Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi li nwadis atan’ li dabisim pisi nɛ anii, Nana Akufo-Addo  da ti gaŋ appointed Akuffo ka o aan kʋk daan tis gɔmma lʋgir paal ka aan COVID-19 National Trust Fund kanɛ zʋgʋ bɛ COVID-19 pandemic saŋa.

O da lɛm aan kʋk daan bɛ board of the University of Ghana ka mɛ boards of directors bɛ  organizations bɛdegʋ nid yinne.

O yir dim yɛla

O mɔr bipʋg ka o yʋ’ʋr aan  Violet Padi nɛ yaas ayi , Samuel Osei nɛ Cara Nyame. O yir la anɛ yir tita’ar  ba anɛ pitʋ anu amaa li nwɛnɛ wʋʋ o li’e nɛ ba atna’ bu’ol agɔla nwa.

Gɔsim mɛ

• Chief Justice of Ghana
• First women lawyers around the world
• Judiciary of Ghana
• Supreme Court of Ghana