I know my level – Supreme Court nominee Prof. Mensa-Bonsu dismisses links to EC job
Supreme Court (SC) nominee, Professor Mrs Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, believes a Chairperson for the Electoral Commission (EC) role is lower than her status.
The law professor, who appeared before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Tuesday, May 12, was asked about publications linking her to the vacant EC chairperson job in 2018.
In answering a question by Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, Professor Mensa-Bonsu said, “That is a position at the level of Court of Appeal, and I believe that with my track record I ought to move and aspire higher.”
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Expressing some bemusement, she was emphatic that the stories linking her to the EC job were not true.
“It was a very difficult time for me. No one had approached me for anything, and yet I kept seeing headlines,” she replied. “Somebody even had a headline explaining why I turned it down.”
According to her, people advised her to hold a press conference, but she felt that would be needless.
“Nobody had offered you anything; what are you going to deny?” she questioned.
She teaches Criminal Law, Jurisprudence and Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, and serves on a number of Boards.
Professor Mensa-Bonsu has earned several academic awards and awards for meritorious service.
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Some of her accolades include MaCallien Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Volta Hall (1980); McDougal Fellowship from the Yale University (1984); the Fulbright Fellowship (1991); and the ACU/UNITWIN Fellowship for Women (1994).
Her awards for meritorious service include a Citation for Meritorious Service from the Ghana Armed Forces (2012), a Meritorious Service Award from the Akuafo Hall of the University of Ghana (2006); a Distinguished Award for Meritorious Service from the University of Ghana in 1999 and the International Association of Lions Clubs President’s Excellence Award (1998).
Professor Mensa-Bonsu and Professor Anne Marie Ofori- were the first women to obtain first-class in Law.