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Ghana: Is President Akufo-Addo padding Supreme Court to influence 2024 polls?

By Kent Mensah

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Posted on August 10, 2023 14:50

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo arrives in Downing Street ahead of a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London, Britain, April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson

The constitution gives powers to the president to appoint the chief justice and other judges of the Supreme Court in consultation with the council of state.

Ghana’s opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised concerns about the number of judges appointed to the Supreme Court by President Nana Akufo-Addo, fearing it is part of a grand scheme in the lead up to the general election.

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