Vida Akoto-Bamfo was born on 7 February 1949 and is a retired Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge.
15 Facts About Vida Akoto-Bamfo
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo served on the Supreme Court bench from 2009 to 2019.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo had her early education at Accra Royal School in James Town.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo later continued at Aburi Girls' Senior High School from 1967 to 1969.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo studied law at the University of Ghana Law School between 1972 and 1975.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo then proceeded to the Ghana School of Law in Accra.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo later joined British Indian Insurance Company in Accra, and the now defunct Zenith Assurance as Manager in charge of claims from 1976 to 1981.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo was later transferred to Cocoa Affairs where she worked as one of the first Magistrates there.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo was later appointed a Circuit Court judge at Tema for a brief while before returning to Cocoa Affairs in 1986.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo remained at Cocoa Affairs from then until 1991 when she was promoted to the High Court bench.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo was appointed an Appeal Court Judge in 1999 and continued in this position until her nomination and appointment to the Supreme Court of Ghana by John Evans Atta Mills, President of Ghana in 2009.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo was appointed together with Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe and Benjamin Teiko Aryeetey.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo joined Justices Stephen Alan Brobbey, Georgina Theodora Wood and Samuel K Date-Bah, who are all retired.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo was married to the late Eugene Akoto-Bamfo Snr.
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Vida Akoto-Bamfo identified as a Methodist but fellowships at the Police Church.