Kuenyehia has made Ghanaians proud -JAK

President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday lauded Professor Akua Kuenyehia, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, saying Ghanaians were proud of her for her appointment as a judge of the 18-member International Criminal Court in The Hague.

"Ghana is proud of you to be chosen by your peers. This is ample evidence of your personal excellence," he said, when Prof. Kuenyehia paid a courtesy call on him at the Castle Osu.

President Kufuor said: "The attributes of your new office are high moral standing and intellectual powers that cannot be in doubt. I hope you will work hard and I also trust that your work would portray that an African can hold such a position. You deserve it that is why we gave it to you."

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, said the election to the Court was keenly contested but Prof. Kuenyehia succeeded to make the country proud.

Prof. Kuenyehia expressed appreciation for the gesture to her, her family and country and pledged to offer her best at the Court.

She thanked the government for nominating her.

Among those present was her husband, Mr Nutifafa Kuenyehia, a legal practitioner and Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC).

Professor Kuenyehia would serve on the Court, which was inaugurated on Tuesday, by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, for three years and could be re-elected for nine more years.