By Josephine Kekeli Amuzu
Former Chief Justice and member of Ghana’s 9th Council of State, Sophia Akuffo, has addressed accusations of partisanship following her appointment by President Mahama.
Having previously served under the Akufo-Addo administration, her appointment sparked criticism from some quarters.
Speaking in an interview on TV3, February 23, Sophia Akuffo who was once a Judge at the Supreme Court under the NDC explained that she is not surprised by the criticisms as Ghanaians have become overly partisan, a situation she lamented about.
“Well people will always criticize anything and everything. When we wake up and the sun is shining, there will be criticisms when the sun is not shining, there will be criticisms. That’s human nature, it does not surprise me.
“Unfortunately, and I use the word unfortunately very advisedly and with a lot of personal sorrow people have become so embroiled in partisanship that we read politics into everything because I became a Supreme Court Judge under an NDC government, how about that one?
“When people choose to, they forget that one and simply look at the excessively obvious. I don’t think the President was particularly busily searching for my political affiliation, he would probably not find any,” she told Keminni Amanor on Hot Issues.
