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Ghanaian to be sworn in as the Chief Justice Of Gambia

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  • MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

    CONGRATULATIONS.YOUR HARD WORK AND TENACITY HAVE PAID OFF.UNLIKE YOUR COLLEGUES IN GHANA DO AWAY WITH BRIBES,KICKBACKS AND ANY UNHOLY ACTS AND WITH GOD AS YOUR GUIDE ALL WILL END UP WELLWITH YOU.CONGRATULATIONS.

  • JoJo - USA 10 years ago

    Will Ghana be able to appoint a qualified GAMBIAN to be THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN GHANA? OR for that matter any African National?
    We are a very close minded people, very protective of our territories.
    Only the best and the brigh ...
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  • THE GHANAIAN 10 years ago

    Se wo hwe no very closely a, wotumi hunu clearly se ne twe beye de paa!!!

  • JoJo - USA 10 years ago

    Sorry. I am a male but cannot tolerate such a sexist, and disgusting comment. She has earn the trust of the Gambian people through competence and hard work.

  • Zevulavu 10 years ago

    How do you expect a party that in the perspective of the whole world is going to loose the SC case to behave ? DECENT ? FORGET IT.

  • adofo 10 years ago

    I'm just wondering if Ghanaians especially the homophobics in the NPP would have been able to tolerate a Gambian to hold such a sensitive position in Ghana? Knowing how homophobic some of them are this could have never happen ...
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  • Kweku 10 years ago

    If this is compensation for 44 ghanaian killed, then thats a sad mistake. And our government has been silent all this while. Imagine what will happen if 44 Americans are killed in Ghana?

    She can't do much about it I guess ...
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  • mimi 10 years ago

    No brains, why that comment. If you have nothing to say shut up. Jealousy go shame.

  • TDA 10 years ago

    You are obviously from Kumasi and/or an Ashanti. Why so many idiots in Ghana? The sad thing most Ghanaian women prefer to marry a Ghanaian although we have the highest number of male idiots in the world...

  • Odikro 10 years ago

    We are proud of your achievements.

  • Thruth Sayer 10 years ago

    Is she a Ghanaian or A Gambian now.If she is a Gambian does she still hold her Ghanaian citizenship.

    A lot of Ghanians in other countries will like to hold high post; but fear they will loose their Ghanaian citizenship.
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  • Sankofa 10 years ago

    You can apply for dual citizenship at the Ghana Embassy.

    Her Ladyship is a Ghanaian seconded to Gambia through the Commonwealth Secretariat.

    This is not the first time a Ghanaian has been appointed Chief Justice of ano ...
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  • ghanaba 10 years ago

    the gambian served for only five weeks, as his own country chief justice, relieved and the same post handed over to a foreigner. i love my monkey ghs for their short-sightedness and shallow brains.the ghanaian said something ...
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  • agyaa 10 years ago

    why you allowed yourself to be fooled by someone? yes he is wrong tom give such a comment but your counter-comment is obviously dirtier than his.......

  • Kwabena 10 years ago

    I hope you you understand what you wrote. The first comment was not of good taste but your comment show your tibalistic mind-set. You are a disgrace to your kind. Have peace in your heart and soul.

  • ghanaba 10 years ago

    he is from where you come from. don't talk shit that the person who wrote that comment is from kumasi.

  • SORE LOOSER KOLA 10 years ago

    It's Kola performing his Trokosi concert to the forum.

  • GHANAVIO 10 years ago

    This is the NDC the so called learners are supporting. DISGRACEFUL PARTY. THEY CAN'T PROGRESS FORWARD !

  • Respect 10 years ago

    This GHANAIAN is an illiterate.
    The brain is a terrible thing to waste.

  • ELINAM 10 years ago

    Nkrumah was another president in Ghana who appointed other non Ghanaian Black people based on their merits and this, the "true Ghanaians" had problem with.
    We congratulate Ms Agyemang and her host country the Gambia for risi ...
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  • H. Attoh 10 years ago

    For idiot Kola to state that Ashanti/Akyems think that Ghana is for them alone is synonymous to Trokosi JoJo's comment above.

  • John 10 years ago

    Congratulations Maame. May the Good Lord grant you wisdom and understanding in your new position

  • YVONNE 10 years ago

    tel us why the formal chief justice relieved of his post just after 5 weeks

  • sikasem 10 years ago

    He was caught in a corruption scandal. Search youtube for the video

  • leslie 10 years ago

    He was a TEAM B STAFFER hence incompetent to hold that position. It's common sense.

  • You Rock 10 years ago

    Way to go Ghanaian women. We can rule the world if we work hard. Proud of you. Thanks for ur motivation, madam judge, you rock !!!!!!,

  • unlimited 10 years ago

    I'm very proud of her . Keep doing wonderful job. congratulation and may God bless you.

  • Ben Aryiku 10 years ago

    People of such fine characters are the kind of significant contributors needed for progress and advancement. They are unassuming, calculated intelligent, humble, self-discipline, responsible, law-abiding and accommodate diffe ...
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  • Sankofa 10 years ago

    Congratulations, your Ladyship.

    It is significant that Justice Agyemang is replacing a Gambian. Why is it, that other countries have such confidence in the Ghanaian, yet we do not respect our own and hanker after everythin ...
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  • KK 10 years ago

    God bless you Maame.
    We are proud of you. Keep it up and more grease to your elbow.
    Ayekoo

  • ONIPANUA,TORONTO. 10 years ago

    JUST ASKING BECAUSE THE LADY IS VERY PRETTY AND WE KNOW OUR AFRICAN LEADERS AND PRETTY WOMEN OO !!!

  • LoK 10 years ago

    Absolute BS. What do you take educated women for? I went to school with Justice Mabel. She was a year ahead of me at Wesley Girls & Legon, and she was in the top 1% of her cohort of students. Her maiden name is Banful and her ...
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  • Ken Ntiamoa 10 years ago

    Ghana imprisoned a Ghana-born and educated man who became a naturalized British citizen when he was elected as a member of Parliament on NPP ticket. I believe his name was Dramani, was it?

    Ken

  • kaketonti 10 years ago

    BRAVO.I FEEL PROUD TO BE GHANAIAN.BUT NANA, HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR CERTIFICATE?

  • Blow man 10 years ago

    Nana doesn,t need to find his certificate,there are plenty in Ghana-One cedi(Pink sheet)

  • arise 10 years ago

    Thank you from educated women everywhere.

  • ELINAM 10 years ago

    From this prism we operate that's why our country though the first to gain independence, has lost her moral compass and no longer a leader in anything.
    Other smaller countries like Ruwanda are doing things with leadership s ...
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  • Ada Boy 10 years ago

    What is pretty about her? Bleached to death and carrying a bald-eagle's nest as her hair. Amazing what we Africans deem pretty?

  • wow 10 years ago

    Excuse me but Mabel has always been fair. Don't fabricate nonsense. And by the way beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Don't insult someone else's taste cuz next it cud be your taste insulted right to your face.

  • KERRY 10 years ago

    AFRICA SHOULD UNIT AS DR. NKRUMAH SAID SO MANY YEARS BACK SOONER THE BETTER TO UPLIFT OUR PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY. SO MUCH RESOURCES YET THE CONTINENT AS WELL AS GHANA ARE POVERTY RAVAGED WHEN WILL IT STOP

  • CONCERN CITIZEN 10 years ago

    GAMBIANS UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU KNOW THE STUFF AND CSN DO THE JOB IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE ONE COMES FEOM. JUST IMAGINE GHANA APOINT CJ FROM TOGO, THE STUPID JOURNALISTS , POLITICIANS, KNOW NOTHING GUYS BUT CORRUPTION THE ONL ...
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  • Jack T 10 years ago

    Fellas Jack T here,this is very Good .congrats Madam Agyemang,now over to u Ghana Supreme Court..open ur eyes and judge proper this ndc/npp matter,let the truth prevail .PERIOD

  • PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI- McA 10 years ago

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  • Maame 10 years ago

    You made Akans proud

  • Blow man 10 years ago

    She made Fantis proud .With a certificate she got that far!!!

  • iddrisu yussif bawah 10 years ago

    CONGRATULATIONS.YOU'VE MADE US PROUD

  • EZEKIEL 10 years ago

    The Ghanaian Constitution,DRAFTED OUT of ENVY and GREED,doesn't even allow Ghanaians with DUAL-CITIZENSHIP to be appointed OR even ELECTED to so many POSITIONS of decision!
    A Ghanaian APPOINTED CJ of Gambia!
    When shall we S ...
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  • David Ofosu-Appiah 10 years ago

    Many more to follow ,Ghana's human resource and manpower development is exceedingly great.

  • mame efya 10 years ago

    God bless n strengthen u her lordship

  • mama G 10 years ago

    We are proud of you, with you well

  • mama G 10 years ago

    We wish you well

  • PRINCE 10 years ago

    Congratulations madam, you are a woman of substance, a woman who is an expert in your chosen profession. we Ghanaians are proud of you. please continue your good works and by his grace, we will support you in prayers to succe ...
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  • Johnnywas 10 years ago

    So so symbolism Ghanaians love? How does her becoming Chief Justice of another backward country called Gambia help us meaningfully? We have had a Ghanaian become a United Nations Secretary General yet we can even make our own ...
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  • Osei 10 years ago

    WERE YOU IN THAT COUNTRY WHEN THEY MURDERED YOUR FELLOW GHANAIANS IN COLD BLOOD A FEW YEARS AGO?

  • George Badak 10 years ago

    This is a welcomed news. Congrats to Mrs Jstice Agyemang for her elevation to such an envious position in a foreign land. She should use her position to thoroughly investigate the circumstances that led to the murder of 44 Gh ...
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  • GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

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  • OKRAKU PROSPER 10 years ago

    CONGRATZ, U MADE GH PROUD AND AM VERY PROUD OF U YOUR LADYSHIP.GOD BE WITH U AND MAY U LIVE LONG.

  • BOB 10 years ago

    there surely nothing to be proud to be chief ustice in the worst dictature of west Africa
    u should keep it secret ! its a shame
    I guess this person is not able to choose between money and integrity

  • BABY CASH 10 years ago

    Dear, Ghana is proud of you. God bless

  • DrG 10 years ago

    her predecessor "was relieved of his post five weeks after being appointed", hmmm. Tread carefully.

  • woodini 10 years ago

    Yes, yahya Jammeh the madman, You got it right. This woman had a herculean task ahead of her, and she knows that. She is clearly aware of the human right abuses in the Gambia and the injustice meted to the people of the Gambi ...
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  • MANB-USA 10 years ago

    Hi gys the Gambian president is married to a Ghanaian woman from K'SI so is not strange to have Ghanaian in the forefront of the Gambian society

  • Boat. London 10 years ago

    I'm proud of you, also you make me feel proud to be a Ghanaian may the good Lord gives you wisdom to rule. Amen

  • ACCRAMAN 10 years ago

    This is how it is done properly, get called to the bar through the legal means and the rest will follow.

    Getting to the bar through the back door like the path taken by NANA ADDO will only culminate in being harassed at a ...
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  • Kpegahosis 10 years ago

    Why don't you go through the legal process to justify your rubbish comments rather than performing this fishermen's concert which is n't attracting any audience ?

  • ABwJR 10 years ago

    your ladyship, if you are single,i will marry you.

  • Whatever 10 years ago

    The spirit of African unity should contineu to guide leaders on the continent

  • Ricahrd 10 years ago

    Wish You all the Best and God Bless you for making GHANA proud

  • DATE 10 years ago

    I DON'T KNOW WHAT GAMBIANS SEE IN GHANAIAN CHIEF JUSTICES AND THE LIKE.

    GHANA'S CURRENT CHIEF JUSTICE PERFORMED ABYSMALLY IN THAT COUNTRY, LEADING TO HER MARCHING ORDERS FROM THAT COUNTRY BY JAYHYA JAMMEH, THE PRESIDENT.
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  • arise 10 years ago

    U really are a dolt.

  • DATE 10 years ago

    TELL ME, YOU TWERP NINCOMPOOP!

    WHAT HAS GHANA'S CHIEF JUSTICES AND OTHER "LEADERS" ACHIEVED FOR MOTHER GHANA? JUST LOOTING OUR NATION, RIGHT?

    WHAT HAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPT LAWYERS ACHIEVED IN PROTECTING OUR NATI ...
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  • RICE WATER 10 years ago

    CONGRATS HER LADYSHIP, AND WELCOME TO THE FRATERNITY, KOW BASHIRU SWANZY WAS ALSO THERE AS A CHIEF JUSTICE, IRRESPECTIVE OF PREZ YAYAH'S DEEDS I THINK GHANA AND GAMBIA'S TOGETHERNESS DATES WAY BACK, THE OLDIES WERE THERE THE ...
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  • YAW- COLUMBUS OHIO USA 10 years ago

    This very very strange because for some one to become a chief justice of any country in the world ,that person has to be a natural citizen of that country.CJ IS A STRATEGIC NATIONAL POSITION JUST LIKE THE PRESIDENT AND EVERY ...
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  • educated 10 years ago

    She works with Commonwealth Secretariat. It is not just any random secondment from another country. Judges like these are sent by the Commonwealth to build the institutions of the country.

  • YAW- COLUMBUS OHIO USA 10 years ago

    Mr Educated if you are really educated ,then you should be able to distinguish between intenational(commonwealth)jobs and A STRATEGIC DOMESTIC APPOINTMENT LIKE CHIEF JUSTICE OK.Most national constitution stipulate in clear te ...
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  • DATE 10 years ago

    WAHT STRATEGIC NONSENSE IS THAT. THE KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICALLY APPLY WHAT ONE STUDIES AT UNI HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STRATEGIC NATIONAL CHOICE.

    IF MANY COUNTRIES HAD TO DO THAT, GHANAIANS LIKE KOFI ANNAN AND MANY OTHRS WOULD ...
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  • DATE 10 years ago

    WHAT STRATEGIC NONSENSE IS THAT?

    THE KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICALLY APPLY WHAT ONE STUDIES AT UNIVERSITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STRATEGIC NATIONAL CHOICE.

    THE BEST JOBS HAVE TO GO TO THE BEST PRACTICAL BRAINS, REGARDLESS OF ...
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  • Kasapa 10 years ago

    Canadians have the Queen as their head of state. They owe their allegiance to the Queen of England. Many considered themselves British.......you are comparing Apples and Oranges friend.

  • Kasapa 10 years ago

    You do not make sense at all. When did you see a Russian being made Chief Justice in USA or the vice-versa. This is not the first time Ghanaians have risen to this level, but this is mainly because we had a good Educational f ...
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  • 911 10 years ago

    DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TO PROVE YOURE REALLY A EFFING HARDWORKER

  • Kasapa 10 years ago

    How can a chief Justice be relieved of his post by a corrupt illegal president? The story did not tell us much. Anyway, congratulation and hope she does not get fired when she rules against this fool who just married a Ghanai ...
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  • GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

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  • Agonaba 10 years ago

    This move will quench the spirit of all "Tribalists"

  • Ohene. 10 years ago

    Ask the fucking ga ppl.

  • TonyPM 10 years ago

    My congratulations to the Chief Justice. This is in the spirit of Pan Africanism. Thank God some see things in the broader sense. Ghana, learn from this. Long live Africa.