Sex or gender | female |
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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.[1]
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.[2][3] O da dɔlisi o sakur nɛ Ghana School of Law ani ka o paam suor aan barrister.[2] Akuffo zamis lɔy bɛ Nana Akufo-Addo.[4] O mɔr Master's degree bɛ Law yi Harvard University in USA.[3][5][6]
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,[3][7] 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:[8] Ba da vɔt tis o ka o bɛ[9] 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.[10][5]
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).[1]
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.[3][5]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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[3] 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.[3][13]
On da aan piyam nam kpɛɛm la nya’aŋ , Akuffo da keŋ vʋ’osim bɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ awai.[14][15][16]
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.[17][18][19]
O da lɛm aan kʋk daan bɛ board of the University of Ghana[20] ka mɛ boards of directors bɛ organizations bɛdegʋ nid yinne.[21]
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.[22]