Did the CJ steal Ga land?
When ex-President J.H. Kufuor appointed Mrs. Georgina Theodora Wood as the Chief Justice, he must have thought that his fellow country men and women would fully appreciate the true value of the pearl he was casting before them. Mrs. Justice Georgina Wood is a Ghanaian by birth, the first woman to be appointed to that high office in Ghana, and a true born Ga. Ghanaian’ s would be proud that history had been made. Ghanaian women, always bemoaning the paucity of women in top positions, would welcome her as a cherished icon. And Gas would rejoice in the fact that their ‘Native Daughter’ had brought glory to her people. Had Mr. Kufour made a good choice? Mr. Justice F.K. Kpegah, the then acting Chief Justice, thought so. Appearing at the celebration of Mrs. Justice Wood’s 60th birthday, Mr. Justice Kpegah reportedly told her, ‘’Georgina, I offer you my shoulder to lean on, though I am not physically strong.’’ He had not been in the best of health at the time but it was a labour of love for
