President Akufo-Addo has nominated Professor Henrietta Mensa Bonsu and three others to the bench of Supreme Court.
Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu is a law lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana, Legon and President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The three others are Justice Clemence Honyenugah, Justice Issifu Tanko Amadu, both Justices of the Court of Appeal and Mr Emmanuel Yoni Kulendi, a private legal practitioner.
They are to replace Justices on the Supreme Court bench who are due for retirement. The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye made the announcement in Parliament on Thursday, March 19, 2020.
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The Supreme Court Justice nominees are expected to be vetted by Parliament’s Appointments Committee in the coming days.
“…In accordance with Article 144 (2) of the Constitution Justice Clemence Hoenyenugah, Justice of Appeal, Justice Issifu Tanko Amidu, Justice of Appeal, Mr Emmanuel Yoni Kulendi, Private Legal Practitioner and Prof Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana Legon and President, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences upon which on the Judicial Council’s advice and in accordance with Article 144 (2), I consulted the Council of State and submitted the names and CV of the nominees for appointment to the Court. The Council of State has by ledger dated the 17th March, 2020 notified me of the successful completion of the consultation process,” he said.
