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Akufo-Addo nominates Prof. Henrietta Bonsu, Kulendi and two others to the Supreme Court

Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu
Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted the names of four judges to Parliament as nominees to the Supreme Court of Ghana.
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The nominees are Justice Clemence Hoenyenugah, Justice Issifu Amidu Tanko, both Justices of the Appeals Court, Mr Emmanuel Yoni Kulendi, a private legal practitioner and law lecturer, Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu.

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This was announced by the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye at a house sitting today.

The Supreme Court Justice nominees are expected to be vetted by Parliament’s Appointments Committee in the coming days.

Prof. Henrietta J.A.N. Mensa-Bonsu is a professor and senior law lecturer at the University of Ghana school of law.

Private legal practitioner, Yoni Kulendi
Private legal practitioner, Yoni Kulendi
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She was a member of the presidential commission of enquiry which probed the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence.

Yoni Kulendi is managing practitioner of his law firm Kulendi@Law, a commercial, litigation, and constitutional law practice.

Previously, he was an associate barrister and solicitor at Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co.

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