Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe

Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe is a Ghanaian lawyer and judge. He has been an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana since 2009.

Justice

Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe
Supreme Court Judge
In office
2009  Incumbent
Appointed byJohn Atta Mills
Appeal Court Judge
In office
1999–2009
Nominated byJerry John Rawlings
High Court Judge
In office
1989–1999
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Personal details
Born (1950-12-08) 8 December 1950
Ghana
Nationality Ghanaian
Alma mater
ProfessionJudge

Early life and education

Gbadegbe hails from the Volta Region of Ghana. He was born on 8 December 1950.[1] He obtained his bachelor of laws (LLB) degree in 1973 from the University of Ghana and subsequently received his qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law in 1975.[1]

Career

Prior to Gbadegbe's appointment to the Supreme Court of Ghana in 2009, he had served on the Ghaanaian bench for twenty (20) years.[1] He was appointed Justice of the High Court in 1989 and served in that capacity for a decade.[1] In 1999, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal and he remained in that post until 2009 when he was appointed justice of the Supreme Court.[1]

Appointment

Gbadegbe was nominated in 2009 by then president of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills. He was vetted on Monday 12 October 2009[2] and approved unanimously by parliament on 30 October that same year.[1] He was sworn into office by the then president on 2 November 2009.[3]

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See also

References

  1. "New Justices Get Approval". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. "Justice Gbadegbe attributes delay of court cases to poor facilities". Ghana Web. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. "President Mills asks judges to avoid partisanship". Business Ghana. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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