President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has sworn in Paul Kwadwo Baffoe-Bonnie as Ghana’s new Chief Justice.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie was sworn in at an event that took place at the Jubilee House in Accra on November 17, 2025.
Paul Kwadwo Baffoe-Bonnie becomes Ghana’s 16th Chief Justice after Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.
He comes to the position after serving as an acting chief justice since April this year, when Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo was asked to step aside for an investigation to be conducted.
Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie went through a rigorous vetting process that saw him express his knowledge of the law and what he intends to do to transform the judiciary.
Parliament, through a head count, approved the nomination of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana on Thursday, November 13. 163 members of the Majority were counted, while the Minority recorded 69 members.
“I urge the nominee to take all that has been happening, from the nomination to the approval, into consideration in his tenure of office,” the Speaker, Alban Bagbin, said after the approval on Thursday.
Source:Lovinghananews.com
