On Tuesday, October 21, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin , read to the House a letter endorsed by Ghana’s President, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama . The letter, dated October 7, formally announced President Mahama’s nomination of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for the position of Chief Justice under Article 144(1) of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution . The constitutional provision reads, “The Chief Justice shall be appointed by the President acting in consultation with the Council of State and with the approval of Parliament.”

The nomination comes amid a pending petition seeking Justice Baffoe-Bonnie’s removal from office on grounds of alleged misconduct and follows the recent removal of former Chief Justice and Supreme Court Justice Gertrude Araba Esa

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