List of 31 out of 41 Court of Appeal Judges Appointed By President Akufo Addo In 7 years
Do you know President Akufo Addo has appointed 31 of the 41 Court of Appeal judges in 7 years?
The total number of Court of Appeal judges currently stands at 41. Akufo Addo alone has appointed 31 in 7 years. Why won’t Godfred Dame be the only lawyer to win review cases in Ghana? A cross-section of Ghanaians have argued that the number of judges appointed by the President is too much.
Former President John Dramani has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of appointing cronies to the judiciary.
Mr Mahama claimed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has deliberately appointed the most judges to the bench in order to have people who will do his bidding when he is out of office.
The NDC flagbearer said the move by the President is an attempt to avoid being held accountable when he leaves office.
Addressing the closing ceremony of the 3rd Annual Lawyers Conference of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Saturday, he alleged that, “Currently, the judiciary is packed with NPP-inclined judges because this government has carried out a deliberate policy of putting their people onto the bench.”
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List of 31 out of 41 Court of Appeal Judges Appointed By President Akufo Addo In 7 years
1. Justice Alex Poku-Acheampong
2. Justice Amma Abuakwaa Gaisie
3. Justice Anthony Oppong
4. Justice Philip Bright Mensah
5. Justice Angelina Mensah-Homiah
6. Jennifer A. Dodoo
7. Justice Janapare A. Bartels-Kwodwo
8. Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko Essah
9. Justice Georgina Mensah-Datsa
10. Justice Eric Kyei Baffour
11. Justice Yaw Darko Asare
12. Justice Edward Amoako Asante
13. Justice Novisi Afua Aryene
14. Justice Eric Baah
15. Justice Richard Adjei-Frimpong
16. Justice Cynthia Pamela Akotoaa Addo
17. Justice Alex Owusu-Ofori
18. Justice Emmanuel Ankamah
19. Justice Jerome Noble-Nkrumah
20. Justice Gifty Agyei Addo
21.Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe
22. Justice Samuel Obeng-Diawuo
23. Justice Hafisata Amaleboba
24. Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo
25. Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie
26. Justice Charles Edward Ekow Baiden
27. Justice Stephen Oppong
28. Justice Patrick Kwamina Baiden
29. Justice Christopher Archer
30. Justice Professor Olivia Anku-Tsede
31. Justice Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaah
Mr Mahama called on NDC members to take up careers on the bench in order to “balance out” the judiciary.
“So, I encourage some of you to look at careers on the bench so that we can balance out what the current situation is. We must be prepared as NDC legal persons to also go onto the bench so that we can balance out the judiciary,” he urged
