President Mahama To Swear In Seven Newly Appointed Judges for ECOWAS Court of Justice

Seven newly-appointed Judges for the ECOWAS Court will be sworn-in by
President John Dramani Mahama, Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS today in Accra. 

This follows the retirement of six Members of the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS, at the Seat of the Court in Abuja, Nigeria. A statement from Abuja said the Community Court has therefore held a valedictory court
session in honour of the six retiring judges. 

The Judges are Justice Awa Nana Daboya Togo, President of the Court and pioneer Judge; Justice Benfeito Mosso Ramos , Cape Verde, Vice-President of the Court; Justice Hansine Donli , Nigeria, Dean of the Court and pioneer
Judge; Justice Anthony Benin ,Ghana, Member of the Court and a pioneer
Judge; as well as Justice Clotilde Nougbode Medegan of Benin, Member
of the Court; and Justice Eliam Potey, Cote D’Ivoire, Member of the
Court. 

The Chief Registrar of the Court, Tony Anene-Maidoh, thanked the retiring Judges for their contributions to the growth and advancement of the Court and made reference to the remarkable
decisions of the Court that had earned it a place on the world map, especially in the interpretation and application of ECOWAS Community Text and Human Rights jurisprudence. 

President of the Court Justice Awa Nana Daboya, expressed gratitude to the founding fathers of ECOWAS for instituting the Court. She made mention of the developmental stages of the Court, as well as challenges that had to be surmounted by the pioneer Judges at the inception of the Court in
2001. 

Nana Daboya urged the Member-States to uphold the Court, and work assiduously towards the realization of vision 2020, of moving from ECOWAS of States to ECOWAS of people.

SOURCE: GNA