President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday swore in Mr Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah as the 14th Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana at an elaborate and impressive ceremony at the Jubilee House.
The President administered the Oath of Allegiance, the Judicial Oath and the Oath of Secrecy to Justice Anin Yeboah and presented him with the Instrument of Appointment before the invited guests, who included former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor.
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia; the two former female Chief Justices, Justice Georgina Wood and Justice Sophia Akuffo; a former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, members of the Council of State, heads of all the security agencies, members of the Diplomatic Corps, the crème de la crème of both the Bench and the Bar were among the guests.
A large number of Justice Anin Yeboah’s family members, including his wife and children, were also around to support him. Speaking after fulfilling all the legalities, President Nana Akufo-Addo said he was swearing in Justice Anin Yeboah on Constitution Day, a day chosen as a public holiday to commemorate the virtues of constitutionalism which had enabled the country, in the Fourth Republic, to enjoy the benefits of the most prolonged period of stable and constitutional governance in its history.
He described as an “admirable gesture” the situation where the two predecessors of the new Chief Justice had lent their support to him when he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament and expressed the hope that that same level of support would be given to the Chief Justice when he assumed the mantle of leadership.
The President said the unanimous by-partisan expression of support by Parliament for Justice Anin Yeboah’s nomination would engender greater confidence in his work.
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