Efua Ghartey Elected First Female President of Ghana Bar Association
Efua Ghartey, Legal practitioner, and wife of Joe Ghartey, Member of Parliament for Essikado Ketan in the Western Region and a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General has made history as she becomes the first female President of the Ghana Bar Association.
She was elected during the GBA election held at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Efua Gartey polled 1,208 votes while her closest rival, Kwadzo Dzakpasu garnered 1,060 votes.
She co-founded Ghartey & Ghartey, a law firm, with her husband, Joe Ghartey in 1994.
In her acceptance speech, the GBA President-elect promised to protect the legal profession, expressing her Joy to be elected the first female President of the Association.
“I am humbled and honoured to be the first female President of the Ghana Bar Association, this indeed is something new that the bar for the first time has entrusted leadership to the ladies.”
“We shall make you proud. We shall make sure that you never regret this choice. What we ask for moving forward is that not only do you pray for us but also hold our hands,” she said.
She had participated in the election on two different occasions but lost to Tony Forson and Yaw Acheampong Boafo on both occasions.
