Vida Akoto-Bamfo

Vida Akoto-Bamfo
Vida Akoto-Bamfo
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
	In office; 31 October 2009 – 14 February 2019
Appointed by	John Atta Mills
Justice of the Appeal Court of Ghana
	In office; 1999–2009
Nominated by	Jerry Rawlings
Justice of the High Court of Ghana
	In office; 1991–1999
Nominated by	Jerry Rawlings
Personal details
Born	7 February 1949 (age 75)
Nationality	Ghanaian
Alma mater	Mfantsiman Girls' Senior High School; Aburi Girls' Senior High School; University of Ghana; Ghana School of Law;
Occupation	Judge

Vida Akoto-Bamfo is a retired

Supreme Court Judge. She served on the Supreme Court bench from 2009 to 2019.^[1]

Early life and education

Akoto-Bamfo was born on 7 February 1949 to Mr. Alfred Kingsley Bannerman-Williams and Madam Grace Darkua Dodoo at

Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School where she obtained her 'O' Level certificate.^[1] She later continued at Aburi Girls' Senior High School from 1967 to 1969.^[1] She studied law at the University of Ghana Law School between 1972 and 1975. She then proceeded to the Ghana School of Law in Accra.^[2]

Prior to joining the bench in 1981, Akoto-Bamfo worked at the Attorney-General's Office as a National Service personnel.

Appeal Court Judge in 1999 and she continued in this position until her nomination and appointment as justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana by John Evans Atta Mills, President of Ghana in 2009.^[2] She retired in February 2019.^[3] She was appointed together with Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe and Benjamin Teiko Aryeetey (now retired).^[1] She joined Justices Stephen Alan Brobbey, Georgina Theodora Wood (then Chief Justice) and Samuel K. Date-Bah, who are all retired.^[1]