Gertrude Torkornoo

**Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo** (an haife ta a ranar 11 ga Satumba 1962) alƙali ce ta ƙasar Ghana wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin Babban Alkalin Ghana daga 2023 zuwa 2025. An zabi ta a Kotun Koli a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2019 kuma ta sami amincewar majalisa a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2019.  An rantsar da ita a ranar 17 ga Disamba 2019.  An zabi ta a ofishin Babban Alkalin a watan Afrilun 2023 don maye gurbin Alkalin Kwasi Anin-Yeboah wanda ya yi ritaya a matsayin Babban Alkalun a ranar 24 ga Mayu 2023. Ta kasance Babban Alkalin Ghana na 15 daga 12 Yuni 2023 har zuwa lokacin da aka kore ta a ranar 1 ga Satumba 2025.  

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
Torkornoo ya fito ne daga Winneba a Ghana)" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central Region (Ghana)">Yankin Tsakiya na Ghana . An haife ta ne a ranar 11 ga Satumba 1962 a Cape Coast ga Ibrahim Kofi Sackey da Comfort Aba Sackey, wadanda duka malamai ne a lokacin. Ita ce ta biyu a cikin 'yan uwa biyar.

Ta halarci makarantar firamare ta Suhum Presby a shekarar 1966 kuma ta ci gaba zuwa makarantar Katolika ta Ajumako a shekarar 1969, inda ta kammala karatun firamare. Daga 1969 zuwa 1973, ta ci gaba a makarantar Ajumako Methodist, kafin ta shiga makarantar sakandare ta mata ta Wesley a 1973 inda ta sami takardar shaidar ta a shekara ta 1978. Ta ci gaba a Makarantar Achimota daga 1978 zuwa 1980 don takardar shaidarta ta matakin ci gaba. Ta sami B. A. a Shari'a da Sociology a Jami'ar Ghana a 1984 kuma ta kammala karatu daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Ghana a 1986. A shekara ta 2001, ta sami difloma na digiri na biyu a fannin Shari'a da Ƙungiya ta Duniya daga Cibiyar Nazarin Jama'a ta Duniya, wanda yake wani ɓangare na Jami'ar Erasmus Rotterdam a Netherlands. A shekara ta 2011, ta kammala karatu daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Golden Gate, a Amurka tare da Jagora na Dokoki (LLM) a cikin Dokar Dukiya ta Ilimi . 

## Ayyuka
Kafin ta shiga Fugar & Co., wani kamfani na lauya a Accra, a matsayin abokin tarayya, Torkornoo ta yi aiki a matsayin mai sa kai a FIDA Legal Aid Service kuma daga baya ta yi aiki da ita don hidimar kasa. Ta yi horo tare da Nabarro Nathanson a London. Ta koma Fugar & Co. a 1994 don zama darektan. A watan Janairun 1997, ta kafa Sozo Law Consult, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin Manajan Abokin Hulɗa har zuwa 14 ga Mayu 2004 lokacin da aka nada ta Alkalin Babban Kotun Ghana. Ta yi aiki a matsayin alƙali na Kotun Koli har zuwa Oktoba 2012 lokacin da aka ɗaga ta zuwa Kotun daukaka kara. An zabi Torkornoo a Kotun Koli ta Ghana a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2019.  An rantsar da ita a ranar 17 ga Disamba 2019. 

A cikin aikinta a matsayin shugabar Kwamitin E-Justice, ta jagoranci shirin sarrafa kansa na dukkan matakan kotuna, sayarwa da shigar da albarkatun lantarki da software a cikin aikin Ma'aikatar Shari'a.

Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin Alkalin Kula da Kotun Kasuwanci tun 2013 inda ta kafa ajanda kuma ta jagoranci tarurruka da shirye-shiryen Kwamitin Masu Amfani na Kotun Kasuwa. 

Torkornoo ya jagoranci aiwatar da Shirin Injiniyan Muhalli na Kasuwanci (BEEP) wanda Ma'aikatar Ci Gaban Duniya (DFID) ta Burtaniya ta tallafawa. Jagorancinta na jagoranci a wannan aikin ya ba Ma'aikatar Kasuwanci da Masana'antu jagora kan gabatar da Kwamitin Masu Amfani a wasu cibiyoyin da suka shiga aikin BEEP. Aikin BEEP ya kara rinjayar ci gaban da ake yi na gyare-gyaren muhalli na kasuwanci wanda MOTI ke daidaitawa cikin cibiyoyin ƙasa. Tana aiki a matsayin shugabar Kungiyar Ayyuka ta Fasaha kan 'Tattalin Arziki' da aka kafa don jagorantar canji a yanayin dokar kasuwanci. Sakamakon aikin BEEP a cikin Shari'a sun haɗa da ƙirar sauye-sauye masu mahimmanci a cikin saka idanu da kimantawa na tattara bayanai da ake aiwatar da su a halin yanzu ta hanyar Shari'a, ƙirar sauya-sauye a cikin sashi na shari'a da aiwatarwa, da sake fasalin ADR a cikin isar da adalci na kasuwanci a cikin Da'ira da Kotuna masu Girma wanda ya haifar da wucewar Babban Kotun (Hanyar Jama'a) Dokokin Gyara 2020, CI 133.

Torkornoo ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin koyarwa da kwamitin gudanarwa na Cibiyar Horar da Shari'a, mataimakin shugaban kwamitin Internship da Clerkship na Shari'a tun daga shekara ta 2012, memba da shugaban kwamitin E-Shari'a tun shekara ta 2010, memba da shugaban Kwamitin Littattafai da Edita na Kungiyar Alƙalai da Alƙalai na Ghana tun daga shekara shekara ta 2006. Ta kuma kasance memba na Hukumar Gyara Dokar tun daga shekara ta 2016. 

Ta kasance daga cikin kwamitin mambobi bakwai da suka ji karar zaben 2020 da John Mahama ya yi a kan Hukumar Zabe ta Ghana da Nana Akufo-Addo . 

## Naɗa shi a matsayin Alkalin Kotun Koli

### Nomination
A ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 2019, Shugaba Nana Akufo-Addo ya zabi Torkornoo tare da Alkalai Mariama Owusu da Avril Lovelace-Johnson, sannan Alkalai na Kotun daukaka kara. Shugaban majalisa na lokacin, Farfesa Aaron Mike Oquaye, ne ya ba da sanarwar, wanda ya bayyana cewa an yi niyyar cika wuraren da aka bari ta hanyar ritaya na mata biyu; Mai Shari'a Vida Akoto-Bamfo da Mai Shari'ar Sophia Adinyira, da kuma ritaya mai zuwa na Babban Mai Shari'a Sophia Akuffo . 

Don bin tsarin mulki, Shugaban kasa ya tuntubi Majalisar Jiha ta hanyar gabatar da sunayen da curricula vitae na wadanda aka zaba don mukaman Kotun Koli. Bayan kammala shawarwari tare da Majalisar Jiha, Shugaban kasa ya nemi amincewar Majalisar don nadin ta tare da sauran abokan aikinta biyu. Nomin sun kasance ƙarƙashin amincewar Majalisar, biyo bayan hanyoyin kundin tsarin mulki da aka tsara a Mataki na 144 na Kundin Tsarin Mulki na 1992. 

### Bincike da amincewar majalisa

Torkonoo ya kuma sanar da kwamitin game da turawar shari'a na software na saka idanu da kimantawa kuma ya jaddada bukatar sauye-sauye na al'adu da halayyar a cikin shari'ar kotu don fitar da ci gaban canji. Ta yi kira ga kafa takunkumin lokaci don wasu hanyoyin kotu don hana cin zarafin masu shari'a.

Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da kyaututtuka da alƙalai, jami'ai, da ma'aikatan da za a iya ɗauka a matsayin cin hanci, Torkonoo ya ba da shawarar cewa membobin shari'a ya kamata su guji karɓar kyaututtaka gaba ɗaya, ban da waɗanda aka karɓa daga dangin da ke kusa. Ta jaddada bukatar cibiyoyin su tantance da kuma kafa irin wannan jagororin game da karɓar kyauta.

Har ila yau, Torkornoo ya ba da shawarar tattaunawa ta kasa game da cin hanci da rashawa, yana nuna tasirinsa na al'umma fiye da shari'a, da kuma jaddada bukatar cikakken tsari don magance batun.

Bayan tsarin dubawa, Kwamitin Nomin ya amince da gabatarwa na Torkonoo, Owusu da Lovelace-Johnson. Majalisar ta amince da amincewar a ranar 13 ga watan Disamba 2019. 

## Manazarta