The Parliament of Ghana, on the night of August 27, 2026, approved President John Dramani Mahama's most recent Supreme Court nominees.

The approved nominees, who will now be sworn in by the President are Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko-Essah, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, and Anthony Forson.

Although the vetting of these nominees was somewhat marred by the boycott of the members of the Minority Caucus on the Appointments Committee of the House, it does not take away from the capability and credentials of these two men and one woman.

Profiles of these nominees show that they have sterling careers in the legal sector both in Ghana and abroad.

Here are a few facts about them:

Justice Edward Amoako Asante

Justice Edward Amoako Asante is also a Justice of the Court of Appeal and perhaps the most decorated among the three nominees.

He previously served as a judge of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, where he served two terms as President.

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He practised in a private law firm for a decade after being called to the Ghana Bar on October 4, 1991.

Justice Amoako Asante has risen through the ranks in the Judicial Service from a Circuit Court Judge to Justice of the Court of Appeal.

Justice Asante entered the judiciary in October 2002, when he was appointed a Circuit Court Judge. After six years on the Circuit Court bench, he was elevated to the High Court in March 2008.



In August 2020, former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo swore him in as a Justice of the Court of Appeal, alongside five other newly appointed appellate judges.

He was nominated to the ECOWAS Court and subsequently sworn in in 2018.

During his tenure as President of the Court, he oversaw several reforms aimed at improving access to justice and modernising its operations, including the introduction of a new Practice Direction and an Electronic Case Management System (ECMS).

His leadership at the ECOWAS Court earned him recognition beyond Ghana.

In August 2022, the African Bar Association awarded him its Medal of Merit in Leadership in recognition of what it described as his exemplary leadership of the regional court.

Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko-Essah



Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko-Essah, the only female among the three nominees, is currently a Justice of the Court of Appeal.

She has more than three decades of experience in legal practice and the judiciary. Her practice began with her joining the Civil Division of the Office of the Attorney General as an Assistant State Attorney and subsequently a State Attorney.

She then moved into corporate legal practice and served as a Senior Legal Counsel at the Volta River Authority (VRA), a Legal Services Manager at Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and a Company Solicitor and Secretary to the Board of Directors of TOR.

In July 2011, she was appointed a High Court judge by the late former President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills. On December 17, 2019, she was appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Justice Bernasko-Essah was first nominated for the Supreme Court in 2024 by former President Akufo-Addo, but she was not vetted by the Appointments Committee in order to be approved.

Anthony Forson



Anthony Forson, a senior legal practitioner, is the only nominee among the three who has not served on the bench.

He, however, has an illustrious career in private practice with over two decades of experience.

He is a member of Forson & Co., a law firm where he practises in areas including litigation and advocacy, constitutional and administrative law, commercial law, and other areas of legal practice.

His extensive experience in private legal practice culminated in his election as President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), making him the principal representative of the country’s legal profession during his tenure.

In that capacity, he also served on the Judicial Council as the representative of the Ghana Bar Association.

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