I’v declared my assets – Gertude Torkornoo

Gertrude Torkornoo, a candidate for chief justice, has informed the Appointments Committee of Parliament that she has disclosed her assets.She said that when she was nominated as a Supreme Court Justice last year, she disclosed the assets.She clarified that the asset declaration process follows a four-year cycle."Since you were nominated, have you disclosed your assets? Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the minority leader, questioned her.As a response, she remarked, "I declared my assets last year, it is a four-cycle."If granted, Dr. Forson has further urged to improve the judiciary's reputation.If you are lucky enough to hold the position of Chief Justice, you might think about focusing on the noble institute,” Dr Forson told her during the vetting on Friday, May 26.During the screening, Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin told her that she was an inspiration to women given her glorious legal career over the period.Ghana in crisis but there is hope – Akufo-AddoMr Afenyo-Markin who is also a lawmaker for Effutu said “You are an inspiration to women.”When asked what she had to say to women or young girls who are in self-doubt about their prospects in life? she answered: “I will ask them to be confident in themselves, to work on the areas that derate the self-doubts, to choose not to look down on themselves, every girl is entitled to sit with her brother.”President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated her in April.According to the President, her nomination was to avoid any vacuum that would occur following the retirement of the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, who retired on Wednesday, May 24.Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, who hails from Winneba in the Central Region, if approved, will become the third female Chief Justice in the history of Ghana, after Justices Georgina Theodora Wood and Sophia Akuffo.President Akufo-Addo had earlier urged the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to quickly facilitate the approval of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo for the position of Chief Justice.We had a challenge in vetting you because of SC order on Assin North MP - Ayariga tells Torkornoo