Sophia Akuffo

**Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo** JSC (dua 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. 

## O sakur keŋ yɛla
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. O da dɔlisi o sakur nɛ   Ghana School of Law ani ka o paam suor aan barrister. Akuffo zamis lɔy bɛ Nana Akufo-Addo. O mɔr Master's degree bɛ Law yi Harvard University in USA. 

## O tʋʋma yɛla
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, 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: Ba da vɔt tis o ka o bɛ yʋma ayi  ka ba da lɛm vɔt tis o yaas ti paae 2014 ka o aan kʋk daan nyaadɔl  nɛ kʋk daan bɛ Court. 

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). 

## Piyam nam kpɛɛm Ghana nwa
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.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. Saria kad kanɛ ka o da paas kpiilim bɛni  yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ awai  li nwadis piinɛ ayi li dabisim piinɛ anii daar, ka  Supreme Court  da siak ye courts nɛ nyaaŋi zin  bakɔi naar nɛ  bank vʋosim dabisa nɛ ba tua  antua kpana. O mɛ da pʋʋs  Ghana gɔmma zuraan kʋda sieba. Ba yiine anɛ John Atta Mills onɛ da o  paanɛ 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 pʋʋsi  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. o da yʋʋn lieb kʋk daan tis court yi ti  John Mahama  sʋŋi ka  Nana Akufo-Addo da gaŋ o ka o an piyam naam kpɛɛm. 

## Judicial writings
* New     Patriotic Party v Attorney-General (also referred to as the CIBA case)     1997 ICHRL 24 (12 March 1997)
* Abankro     and Others Vrs Ansah (J2 2 of 2009) [2016] GHASC 74 (9 March 2016)
* Banful     and Another Vrs Attorney General and Another (J1 7 of 2016) [2017] GHASC     21 (22 June 2017)
* Ghana     Independent Broadcasters Association Vrs Attorney General and Another (J1     4 of 2016) [2017] GHASC 45 (3 November 2017)
* Chraj     Vrs Attorney General and Others (J1 3 of 2010) [2011] GHASC 19 (6 April     2011)

On da  aan piyam nam kpɛɛm la nyaaŋ , Akuffo da keŋ  vʋosim bɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ awai. 

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. 

O da lɛm aan kʋk daan bɛ board of the University of Ghana ka mɛ boards of directors bɛ  organizations bɛdegʋ nid yinne. 

## O yir dim yɛla
O mɔr bipʋg ka o yʋʋr aan  Violet Padi nɛ yaas ayi , Samuel Osei nɛ Cara Nyame. O yir la anɛ yir titaar  ba anɛ pitʋ anu amaa li nwɛnɛ wʋʋ o lie nɛ ba atna buol agɔla nwa. 

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