Sophia Akuffo

Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo JSC (an haife ta a ranar 20 ga Disamba 1949) ita ce tsohuwar babbar alkalin Ghana daga 19 ga Yuni 2017 har zuwa 20 ga Disamba 2019. Ta kasance alkali a Kotun Koli ta Ghana tun 1995.

 Ilimi 
Diyar wani firist na Presbyterian, ta yi karatun sakandare a Makarantar Parliament Hill, Hampstead, London da kuma Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Wesley, Cape Coast, sannan ta sami digirin farko na shari'a daga Jami'ar Ghana .   Ta ci gaba da karatunta a Makarantar Shari'a ta Ghana inda ta cancanci zama lauya.  Akuffo ta yi horo a matsayin lauya a ƙarƙashin Nana Akufo-Addo, wacce daga baya ta zama shugaban ƙasar Ghana a 2017. Tana da digirin masters a fannin shari'a daga Harvard.

 Sana'a 
Sophia Akuffo ta yi aiki a matsayin mai zaman kanta kuma Jerry Rawlings ya naɗa ta a Kotun Koli a watan Nuwamba na 1995. Ta kasance memba na Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Cibiyar Ilimi ta Shari'a ta Commonwealth,   kuma shugabar Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Warware Rikici na tsawon shekaru da yawa. A watan Janairu na 2006, an zaɓe ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin alkalan farko na Kotun Afirka kan Haƙƙin Dan Adam da Jama'a :   an zaɓe ta na tsawon shekaru biyu kuma daga baya aka sake zaɓe ta har zuwa 2014 kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban ƙasa da kuma shugabar kotun bi da bi.

Akuffo ya rubuta littafin The Application of Information & Communication Technology in the Judicial Process – the Ghanan Experience, wani gabatarwa ga African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).

 Babban Alkalin Ghana 
A ranar 11 ga Mayu 2017, Nana Akuffo-Addo ta naɗa Akuffo a matsayin Alkali mafi girma a Kotun Koli ta Ghana, bisa ga amincewar Majalisar Dokoki.   Shugaba Akuffo-Addo ya rantsar da ita a ranar 19 ga Yuni 2017 a matsayin Babban Alkali na 13 a Jamhuriyar Ghana.  Hukuncin ƙarshe da ta shiga ciki shi ne a ranar 18 ga Disamba 2019 lokacin da Kotun Koli ta yanke hukunci mai ƙarfi cewa kotuna za su iya zama a ƙarshen mako da kuma a ranakun hutun banki don magance matsalolin shari'a na gaggawa.  Ta kuma yi magana game da godiyarta ga wasu tsoffin shugabannin Ghana . Daga cikinsu akwai John Atta Mills wanda malaminta ne a fannin haraji a Makarantar Shari'a ta Ghana, sannan kuma ya zaɓe ta a Kotun Afirka ta Haƙƙin Bil Adama a Habasha. Ta kuma ambaci Jerry Rawlings wanda ya zaɓe ta a Kotun Koli a shekarar 1995 da kuma John Kufuor wanda ya zaɓe ta a Kotun Afirka ta 'Yancin Dan Adam da Jama'a a shekarar 2006. Ta zama shugabar wannan kotun tare da goyon bayan John Mahama kuma Nana Akufo-Addo ya zaɓe ta a matsayin babban alkali.

 Rubuce-rubucen shari'a 

 Sabuwar Jam'iyyar Kishin Kasa da Babban Lauyan Gwamnati (wanda kuma ake kira shari'ar CIBA) 1997 ICHRL 24 (12 Maris 1997)
 Abankro da Sauransu Vrs Ansah (J2 2 na 2009) [2016] GHASC 74 (9 Maris 2016)
 Banful da Wani Babban Lauyan Vrs da Wani (J1 7 na 2016) [2017] GHASC 21 (22 Yuni 2017)
 Ƙungiyar Masu Yaɗa Labarai Masu Zaman Kansu ta Ghana Vrs Babban Lauyan Gwamnati da Wani (J1 4 na 2016) [2017] GHASC 45 (3 Nuwamba 2017)
 Babban Lauyan Chraj Vrs da Sauransu (J1 3 na 2010) [2011] GHASC 19 (6 Afrilu 2011)

Bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin babban alkalin alkalai, Akuffo ya yi ritaya a shekarar 2019.   

A ranar 28 ga Maris 2020, Nana Akufo-Addo ta nada Akuffo don jagorantar wani sabon Asusun Tallafawa na Kasa na COVID-19 wanda aka kaddamar a lokacin annobar COVID-19 .   

Tana kuma aiki a matsayin shugabar hukumar gudanarwa ta Jami'ar Ghana  kuma tana da mamba a kwamitin gudanarwa da dama na kungiyoyi daban-daban. 

 Iyali 
Tana da 'ya mace mai suna Violet Padi da kuma jikoki biyu Samuel Osei da Cara Nyame. Tana da babban iyali, ciki har da 'yan'uwa mata biyar da ke raye, amma ana ganin ta fi kusa da ukun da aka ambata a sama. 

 Duba kuma 

 Babban Alkalin Ghana
 Lauyoyi mata na farko a duniya
 Hukumar Shari'a ta Ghana
 Jerin alkalan Kotun Koli ta Ghana
 Kotun Koli ta Ghana
 Kellelo Justina Mafoso-Guni

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1949