According to Chief Justice candidate Gertrude Torkornoo, young girls and women in general who are experiencing self-doubt should make an effort to address the root of the problem.
When asked what advice she has for women or young girls who are unsure of their future prospects? In response, she said, "I will ask them to be confident in themselves, to work on the areas that create the self-doubts, to choose not to look down on themselves, and every girl is entitled to sit with her brother."
She had been informed by Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin that, given her distinguished legal career during that time, she was an encouragement to women.
When the Appointments Committee of Parliament reviewed candidates on Friday, May 26, Mr Afenyo-Markin who is also a lawmaker for Effutu said “You are an inspiration to women.”
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated her in April.
According to the President, her nomination was to avoid any vacuum that would occur following the retirement of the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, who retired on Wednesday, May 24.
Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, who hails from Winneba in the Central Region, if approved, will become the third female Chief Justice in the history of Ghana, after Justices Georgina Theodora Wood and Sophia Akuffo.
President Akufo-Addo had earlier urged the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to quickly facilitate the approval of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo for the position of Chief Justice.