Former Chief Justice Sophia Akufo-Addo has said she is not representing the Judiciary on the Council of State.
She says she is there in her own right as a Former Chief Justice.
Madam Sophia Akuffo is part of 31-member Council of State, chaired by former Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho.
She told journalists after their swearing-in by the President in Accra on Tuesday February 18, that “I am a former Chief Justice. Am I not? Do I or do I not qualify?”
“I am there in my own right simply as a former Chief Justice. I am not even there representing the Judicial Service.”
She assured to provide honest and unbiased advice.
“The Council of State is a body that is supposed to be advising the president. I am not going to be singing his master’s voice, so to speak. An adviser does not parrot.
“An adviser speaks with honesty. An adviser looks to the best interest not only of the person they are advising but of the function the person is serving,” she explained.
