I’m passionate about my integrity – Sophia Akuffo

Chief Justice nominee Justice Sophia Akuffo has indicated that she is very much concerned about her integrity.

In addition to her integrity, she said she is also passionate about the development and stability of Ghana.

Ms Akuffo was nominated as Chief Justice of Ghana by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Akufo. If passed by the Appointments Committee after her vetting, she will replace Justice Theodora Georgina Wood who has retired.

Speaking during her vetting on Friday, 16 June, Ms Akuffo said: “I am passionate about integrity, I am passionate about the development and stability of our country. I was young enough but old enough to see the ushering in of Ghana from Gold Coast. I started school in Gold Coast and I finished school in Ghana…

“I am extremely passionate about everything to do with Ghana, and I am extremely proud of the strides we have made under the current constitution. It has its legal issues and problems but we have managed to work with it and hopefully the part that needs amendments will one day be amended and we will move on to the next level.

“The other thing I will like to say is that I believe that even if in our endeavours, whether in the work place or in our personal lives, we cannot hit total perfection, we can strive to reach it, so, in terms of my attitude to work, I have always believed that one must always ask the question: ‘Is this as good as it gets or can it get better?’ And if it can get better, how is that to be done?”

She added: “Because of some of my past employment experiences, I have also come to believe in systems, in having proper protocols, proper procedures, spelt out operations systems, so that whether some individual is there or not what needs to be done gets done because all the wisdom is not on somebody’s head and if somebody suddenly leaves an employment life must go on as though the person is still around.”