Report on court’s ruling awarding a lump sum of GH¢300,000 to Joana Quaye, the ex-wife of business mogul, Richard Nii Armah Quaye, in their divorce settlement has generated differing opinions and reactions on social media.

Details of the report indicated that Joana Quaye, the co-founder, shareholder and director of Quick Credit Microfinance Company Limited, now Bills, filed for the divorce settlement and asked the court to order her ex-husband to pay her a lump sum of GH¢50 million.

Joana Quaye heads to Appeals Court over 'inadequate' GH¢300k settlement

However, she was awarded only GH¢300,000 in the distribution of the matrimonial properties.

The judge who presided over the case, Justice Kofi Dorgu, reportedly stated that he awarded Joana Quaye only GH¢300,000 to “discourage divorces”.

The judge also reportedly ordered RNAQ to cater for the educational and health needs of their children, adding that Joana Quaye can remarry because she is a beautiful woman.

“... Here is a Petitioner who has been settled with one-third of the matrimonial home, the educational and health needs of the children placed on the Respondent, and her mobility issues are also taken care of. Physically, she is very attractive and capable of remarrying any time she feels like,” the judge is quoted as having said in his final orders.

Following the development, some Ghanaians, including a former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, have reacted to the judge’s verdict.

Highlighting the judge’s comment that Joana Quaye was attractive and could remarry, Bampoe Addo, questioned the relevance of linking “physical attractiveness” to the ability to remarry in adjudicating a marriage dissolution.

“Physically, she is very much attractive and capable of remarrying anytime she felt like.’ Really????? From a court of the Republic of Ghana in year 2026?? What has physical attraction and the capability of remarrying got to do with adjudicating on dissolution of a marriage?” she wrote on Facebook on April 9, 2026.

Additionally, the Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, Nii Moi Thompson, also raised concerns about the judge’s ruling, arguing that the judgment should have been based solely on the woman’s verifiable and objective contribution to the wealth at stake.

“Yes, that observation also struck me as odd. Highly subjective. Possibly unethical. What might be "attractive" to you might not be to someone else and so cannot serve as the basis for any judgement, in court or not. Hence, keep such subjectivity to yourself. (Looks like he was checking her out throughout the trial).

“And strictly speaking, marriage is an investment. Not a financial investment, but people do invest their lives, identities and emotions into it. For some women, they even give up their identity/maiden names to assume that of the man. A major life-changing transition,” he wrote in response to Bampoe Addo’s post.

“I think the judgment should have ultimately be based solely on her verifiable (and objective) contribution to the wealth at stake. But then again, this is Ghana. When I took a woman to the police station for encroaching on my land, the first thing the officer did was gosh over how physically attractive she was and offer her water. In my presence! He apologized when I complained but I subsequently learned something else. As we say, it became a ‘foolish case’,” he added.

GH¢300k, Vehicles, 3 Bedrooms: Here's a breakdown of the court's award to RNAQ's ex-wife

Meanwhile, Joana Quaye has filed an appeal at the Cout of Appeal seeking to overturn the High Court’s ruling that dissolved her marriage and ordered distribution of properties acquired during the marriage.

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RNAQ Divorce: Court awards ex-wife GH¢300k, dismisses GH¢50m settlement claim