Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Justice
Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe
Office:Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
Term Start:2009
Term End:2020
Appointer:John Atta Mills
Office1:Appeal Court Judge
Nominator1:Jerry John Rawlings
Term Start1:1999
Term End1:2009
Office2:High Court Judge
President2:Jerry John Rawlings
Term Start2:1989
Term End2:1999
Birth Date:8 December 1950
Birth Place:Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Profession:Judge

Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe is a Ghanaian lawyer and judge. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana between 2009 and 2020.

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]

Retirement

Gbadegbe retired in December 2020 from the Supreme Court after giving his valedictory judgement after thirty one years service in the judiciary.[4] [5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Justices Get Approval . Modern Ghana . 23 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Justice Gbadegbe attributes delay of court cases to poor facilities . Ghana Web . 23 January 2020.
  3. Web site: President Mills asks judges to avoid partisanship . Business Ghana . 24 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Justice Gbadegbe cries in Court as he retires . www.ghanaweb.com . 4 December 2020 . en . 3 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Don't compromise on requirements of justice - Justice Gbadegbe . MyJoyOnline.com . 4 December 2020 . 3 December 2020.