Madam Sophia Akuffo has officially been sworn in to office as Ghana’s new Chief Justice.

The president confirmed this on his official Twitter account.

Sophia Akuffo becomes Ghana’s second female Chief Justice and takes over from the first female Chief Justice, Geirgina Wood, who officially retired earlier this month.

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On Monday June 19, her nomination was approved by Parliament following her vetting on Friday June 16, 207.

Profile of Sophia Akuffo

Ms Justice Akuffo has been at the Supreme Court for the past two decades. She has a master’s degree in Law (LL.M) from the Havard University in the United States of America (USA).

She has been a member of the Governing Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute and Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Task Force.

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In January 2006, she was elected one of the first judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and was re-elected until 2014 when she served as the Vice-President. She is the immediate past President of the court.

She is on the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council and has held membership of many organisations.

Her publications include: The Application of Information & Communications Technology in the Judicial Process - The Ghanaian Experience, presented to the African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).