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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>President Akufo Addo has nominated Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo, a Supreme Court Judge, as the new Chief Justice.<\/b><\/p>\n

Justice Torkornoo replaces Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah who is due for retirement on May 24, this year.<\/p>\n

Sixty-year-old Justice Torkornoo, has been on the Supreme Court for the past four years and a member of the Judiciary for the past 19 years.<\/p>\n

Justice Torkornoo \u2018s appointment came after President Akufo Addo had consulted the Council of State and her nomination is in fulfilment of Article 144 (I) of the Constitution which governs the appointment of a Chief.<\/p>\n

Article 144 (1) of the Constitution requires the President to consult the Council of State before seeking the approval of Parliament of the new Chief Justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsequently, I am nominating Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo, a member of the Supreme Court, as the New Chief Justice. I hereby enclose a copy of her Curriculum vitae for your attention\u201d the President in a letter to the Council of State said.<\/p>\n

The letter said her nomination is to avoid any vacuum that would occur following the retirement of Chief Justice Anin Yeboah who attains the age of 70 on May 24, this year.<\/p>\n

Justice Torkornoo\u2019s nomination if approved by Parliament, she would be the third Chief Justice after Justice Georgina Theodora Wood and Justice Sophia Akuffo.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. President Akufo Addo has nominated Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo, a Supreme Court Judge, as the new Chief Justice. Justice Torkornoo replaces Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah who is due for retirement on May 24, this year. Sixty-year-old Justice Torkornoo, has been on the Supreme Court for the past four years and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":40965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-40966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Akufo Addo nominates Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as third female new Chief Justice - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Akufo Addo has nominated Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo, a Supreme Court Judge, as the new Chief J ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Akufo Addo nominates Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as third female new Chief Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Akufo Addo has nominated Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo, a Supreme Court Judge, as the new Chief J ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-26T20:18:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1682517168.88.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"President Akufo Addo nominates Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as third female new Chief Justice\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-26T20:18:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1682517168.88.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-nominates-justice-gertrude-torkornoo-as-third-female-new-chief-justice\",\"name\":\"President Akufo Addo nominates Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as third female new Chief Justice - 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