Ghana's first female chief justice sworn in
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Monday swore into office Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, as Ghana's first woman Chief Justice, challenging her to provide the right leadership to give the Judiciary a new image.
Be fair, impartial and humane, he said, after administering to her the Oath of Allegiance, the Judicial Oath and Oath of Secrecy at the Credentials Hall of the Castle, Osu, reported the Ghana News Agency.
President Kufuor reminded her that being the first woman ever to head the country's judiciary, her conduct would blaze the path for gender balance in the society.
"If you are able to perform your role fairly and with a sense of balance, the whole nation would come to accept the importance of gender balance," said the president.
Kufuor pointed out that laws were essentially about the development of the people and said this demanded that she became imbued with statecraft.
Chief Justice Wood said she had no illusion about the heavy burden placed on her shoulders and the expectations of the people.
Many women, she said were also looking up to her for inspiration and pledged not to let the nation down.
She declared that the challenges facing the Judiciary were surmountable and that through the collective will and effort of all, she was in no doubt that, the confidence of the institution would be restored.
Be fair, impartial and humane, he said, after administering to her the Oath of Allegiance, the Judicial Oath and Oath of Secrecy at the Credentials Hall of the Castle, Osu, reported the Ghana News Agency.
President Kufuor reminded her that being the first woman ever to head the country's judiciary, her conduct would blaze the path for gender balance in the society.
"If you are able to perform your role fairly and with a sense of balance, the whole nation would come to accept the importance of gender balance," said the president.
Kufuor pointed out that laws were essentially about the development of the people and said this demanded that she became imbued with statecraft.
Chief Justice Wood said she had no illusion about the heavy burden placed on her shoulders and the expectations of the people.
Many women, she said were also looking up to her for inspiration and pledged not to let the nation down.
She declared that the challenges facing the Judiciary were surmountable and that through the collective will and effort of all, she was in no doubt that, the confidence of the institution would be restored.
I hope she does not abuse her authority as the new chief justice, she musnt be controlled by NPP, I mean she should allow herself to be controlled by political parties because she is the chief justice of Ghana and not NPP or NDC or CPP, this is the problem with our governmental authorities a lot of them take oath to represent political parties and not Ghana, so long as this goes on parties will benefit and Ghana will lose, so every Ghanaian must vote wisely come 2008 and choose officials that will go to parliament to represent the people of Ghana and not for their parties or for their political advancement, this is evil
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Nice comments out there but got spoilt by lack of 'full stop'.
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