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A press release signed by Mr
Andrew Awuni, the Press Secretary and Presidential
Spokesperson, said her name has consequently been
submitted to Parliament for vetting and approval. If
approved, she would become the first female Chief
Justice in the country.
Mrs Justice Georgina Wood is presently a Supreme Court
Judge having been appointed to that position since
November 2002. She is the Chairperson of the Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR) Georgina Wood, who was born on
June 8, 1947 attended Bishop's Girls and Methodist
Schools.
She had her LLB (Hons) from the University of Ghana,
Legon in 1970 after completing Wesley Girl's High
School, Cape Coast in 1966. She took a six-month
Post-Graduate Officers Training Course at the Ghana
Police College.
She joined the Judicial Service as a District Magistrate
Grade ll and was later promoted to Grade l. She was
promoted to the Court of Appeal as the presiding judge
in 1991.
Mrs Justice Wood last year chaired the Georgina Wood
Committee that conducted enquiry into the disappearance
of 77 packets of cocaine from the MV Benjamin vessel on
April 26, 2006, as well as the 588kg cocaine seized from
some Venezuelans at Mempeasem, East Legon.
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