Old Students of Apam Senior High School in the Central Region has welcomed President Akuffo-Addo’s nomination of Justice Anin Yeboah as new Chief Justice.
This was contained in a statement posted by the administrator of the Old Students Association Facebook page
The statement said “CONGRATULATIONS TO JUSTICE ANIN YEBOAH ON YOUR NOMINATION AS THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF OUR COUNTRY. YOU HAVE INDEED LIVED THE TENET OF YOUR SCHOOL “OBRA PA GYA OWURA KWAN”. YOUR ALMA MATTER IS SO PROUD OF YOU. MAY YOU CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER JUSTICE WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR AND ATTAIN MUCH SUCCESS IN YOUR NEW ROLE? WISHING YOU THE BEST SENIOR!!!!
About the new Chief Justice-nominee
Justice Anin Yeboah is currently the fourth longest-serving Justice of the Supreme Court.
A graduate of the Ghana School of Law in 1981, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President John Agyekum Kufuor in June 2008.
Before that, he had served as a Justice of the High Court from 2002 to 2003 and a Justice of the Court of Appeal from 2003 to 2008.
Apart from being a Supreme Court Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah is also a part-time lecturer in Civil Procedure and the Ghana Legal System at the Ghana School of Law.
Anin Yeboah’s legal experience includes writing judgments in constitutional matters, civil and criminal cases and providing opinions on legal matters in the West African nation.
Justice Anin Yeboah’s name is also closely associated with football. In May 2017, he was appointed the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA).
In September 2019, he named onto the CAF/FIFA Reform Implementation Taskforce team for African football.
He was appointed along with five others to carry out reforms within African football.
He also served as the Chairman of the Appeal’s Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) from 2004 to 2008.
Former Chief Justices of Ghana
Sir Kobina Arku Korsah 6 March 1957 – 1963 Ghana –
1st Republic
J. Sarkodee-Addo 1964 – 1966
Edward Akufo-Addo 1966 – 1969 military rule (1966-1969)
1969 – 1970
2nd Republic
Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman 1970 -1972
Samuel Azu Crabbe 1973 – 1977 military rule
Fred Kwasi Apaloo 1977 – 1986 military rule (1977-1979)
3rd Republic
(24 September 1979 – 31 December 1981)
[a] Military rule (31 December 1981 – 1986)
E. N. P. Sowah- 1986 – 1990 military rule
Philip Edward Archer- 1991 – 1993 military rule (1991-1993)
1993 – 1995
4th Republic
Isaac Kobina Abban -1995 – 21 April 2001
Edward Kwame Wiredu – 2001 – 2003
George Kingsley Acquah – 4 July 2003 – 25 March 2007
Georgina Theodora Wood – 15 June 2007 – 8 June 2017
Sophia Akuffo -19 June 2017 – present
Source: Kofi Atakora
