Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice & Attorney General's Office of Ghana gɔsid legal matters zaŋi keŋ teŋ tuon gatib ka lɛn sɔbid wada nam. Attorney Generali gɔsid civil cases ka vɔlisid nidib ka ba pʋ tʋm bɛ’ɛd Ghana. Ministry of Justice da pin’ilnɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yinne la ni (1951) dɔlisid Lidbury Commission da pian’ di yɛla sʋm si’em la ka Attorney General mɛ pin’il yʋʋm tusir, kɔbisnii nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ yɔpɔi la ni (1877).https://web.archive.org/web/20211127055930/https://mojagd.gov.gh/about-ministry

Attorney Generali gɔsid Ministry of Justice.

 Labakʋda 
Ministry of Justice da pin’ilnɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yinne la ni (1951) ban da maal Lidbury Commission ye di maal vɛɛnsʋg ka mɔri di pʋtɛn’ɛr na ka ba tiak Gold Coast Civil Service.https://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAQAAIAAJ&q=lidbury Ba da maal lʋgʋr la dɔlisid Gold Coast government, ka Kwame Nkrumah (Prime Minister and Head of Government Business), da yɔ’ɔsid lʋga kɔn’ɔb kɔn’ɔb ye di nwɛnɛ British Home Office. Ministry of Justice da yɔ’ɔgya ka P. F. Branigan, onɛ an English expatriate la da aan di tuon gat.https://books.google.com/books?id=VjyKe1lgIfAC&q=p+f+branigan Ministry la da paasnɛ Attorney General ka da gɔsid Attorney General department tʋʋma. Ministry la da yuolim kilim Ministry of Justice and Attorney General. Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ naasi la ni (1954) All African government da maal Gold Coast la, Ministry of Justice da nan kae. Di da la’asnɛ nɛ Ministry of Interior, ka ministry yʋ’ʋr da an; Ministry of Interior.https://books.google.com/books?id=E94xAAAAMAAJ&q=Attorney+merged 

Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbis wai nɛ pisnu nɛ yuobʋ la ni (1956), gɔmena paali da di la dɔlisid ban da lɛn vɔɔti Kwame Nkrumah ye o an Prime Minister, Ministry of Interior yʋ’ʋn da tiaki an Ministry of Interior and Justice, ka Ebenezer Ako-Adjei da an lʋgʋr la kpɛɛm, onɛ da an yiiga Ghana ninkanɛ da gɔsid ministry Ghana da paami asʋ‘o-m-mɛŋ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yɔpɔi nwadisa atan la ni (March 1957). Ghana da paami asʋ‘o-m-mɛŋ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yɔpɔi nwadisa atan la ni (March 1957) la,  Ministry of Interior and Justice da buaki ayi kilim Ministry of Justice (yʋ’ʋn liebi di mɛŋ ministry) nɛ Ministry Interior. Sankaŋa, Ministry of Justice da pʋ lɛn gɔsid Attorney General department ya’as nwɛnɛ Ministry for the Attorney General da pin’il yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yɔpɔi nwadisa anii daba ayɔpɔi daar la (7 August 1957) ka Geoffrey Bing aan di zuraan. Ako-Adjei yʋ’ʋn da kilim yiiga Minister of Justice tis Ghana din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ ayɔpɔi la ni (1957) paae yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ anii la ni (1958). Ministry da gɔsid Land Boundaries Settlement Commission, financial and ministerial dɔlisid Supreme Court, local court and Customary Law, nɛ foreign processes.https://books.google.com/books?id=vu42AAAAIAAJ&q=boundaries%C2%A0+&pg=PA13  yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ anii la ni (1958), ministry da paasnɛ Ministry of Local Government ka Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta da an onɛ aan di tuon. Ministry da yuolim buak yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nwadoisa awai la ni (September 1961) yʋ’ʋn kilimi di mɛŋ Ministry, Ministry of Local Government da la’asnɛ nɛ Ministry of Interior ka Kwaku Boateng an zuraan.https://books.google.com/books?id=GBOBvXp00McC&q=Chiefs+local++interior+combined+form+ministry Ofori-Atta da kpɛn an Minister for Justice din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ yinne la ni (1961) ken paae yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anu la ni (1965) ba da gaŋi o ye o an Speaker of Parliament la. Ministry of Justice da lɛn la’asnɛ nɛ ministry for Attorney General. Attorney General da tiaki kilim Minister of Justice and Attorney General.https://books.google.com/books?id=fwpIAQAAIAAJ&q=Swanzy+Justice+Attorney+general+ Ministry of Attorney General kpɛɛm da anɛ B. E. Kwaw-Swanzy. Din yi sankani paae zina Ministry of the Attorney General yʋ’ʋn la’asnɛ nɛ Ministry of Justice.

Judicial service da gaŋ Mrs Regina Ayerko Apotsi ye o an yiiga pʋ’a tʋm Judicial Secretary tʋʋma (13th). Labaar la da yinɛ Adbullah Iddrisu, onɛ an Acting Deputy Judicial Secretary. O da pin’il tʋʋma nɛ yʋʋm tusa yi nɛ anaasi nwadis piinɛ ayi la yiiga daar (December 1, 2004).

 Minister nam 
NumberMinisterPortfolioTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty1Ebenezer Ako-AdjeiMinister for Interior and Justice1956August 1957Nkrumah governmentConvention People's PartyMinister for JusticeAugust 195719582Kofi Asante Ofori-AttaMinister for Justice and Local Government1958September 1961Minister for JusticeSeptember 196119653Bashiru Kwaw-SwanzyMinister for Justice and Attorney General1965February 19664Victor  Owusu1966April 1969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government5Nicholas Yaw Boafo AdadeApril 1969September 196914 September 1969January 1971https://web.archive.org/web/20190609101245/http://www.mojagd.gov.gh/past-ministersBusia  governmentProgress Party6Victor  OwusuJanuary 197112 January 19727Edward Nathaniel Moore13 January 19728 October 1975National Redemption CouncilMilitary government8Gustav Koranteng-Addow9 October 1975January 1979https://books.google.com/books?id=bLbiAAAAMAAJ&q=replace+koranteng+attorney+general+january+1979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government9Austin  N. E. Amissah1 January 197923 September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary  CouncilMilitary government10Joe  Reindorf24 September 1979August 1981Limann governmentPeople's National Party11A. L. Djabatey1 October 198131 December 198112G. E. K. Aikins25 June 19821988Provisional National Defence  CouncilMilitary government13A. O. Tanoh14 December 19881 April 199314Anthony  Forson1 March 199330 October 1993Rawlings governmentNational Democratic CongressObed  Asamoah (Acting  AG)November 1993May 199715Obed  AsamoahMay 19976 January 200116Nana  Akufo-Addo1 February 2001http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=1335924 April 2003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party17Papa Owusu-Ankomah1 April 2003http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=34819200518J.  Ayikoi Otoo1 February 2005http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=74556200619Joe  Ghartey16 June 20067 January 2009http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=10335420Betty Mould-Iddrisu [1st female]https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/First-woman-Attorney-General-Sworn-In-15832820092011Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress21Martin  Amidu4 January 2011http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=200624201222Benjamin  Kunbuor25 January 2012http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=22849524 October 201224 October 20127 January 2013Mahama government23Marietta Brew Appiah-OppongFebruary 2013http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=2648207 January 201724Gloria  AkuffoFebruary 2017http://citifmonline.com/2017/01/10/gloria-akuffo-nominated-as-attorney-general/January 2021Akuffo  Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party25Godfred Yeboah DameJanuary 2021Incumbent

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