Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong
Attorney General of Ghana
Biography
editMarietta Brew Appiah-Oppong (born in Tema), is a Ghanaian female legal practitioner and a former Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice of Ghana.
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edit- there was no discussions on how the case should proceed, so we are quite shocked.
- We only have just one day to prepare our witness statements. I have filed a review application over the interrogatories and others applications, which had not been attended to.
- We are fortunate to have caught this one early so that the investigation can be done properly. Very often, by the time we become aware of a situation like this, time has elapsed, evidence is lost and it becomes very difficult to follow up on it. That is why we are very keen to follow up on this one to make sure that the proper investigation and proper prosecution is also done .
- At the end of it, the candidates who will emerge winners not to rub the victories in the faces of their opponents .
- Being the recipient of the GUBA 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award was a delight and indeed an honour. I am truly humbled to have been chosen from among so many outstanding women in Ghana for the GUBA 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award. It is a great feeling to be recognized for my achievements.
- When I was appointed Attorney General, many expressed doubts about my ability to deliver. Particularly with Ghana’s dispute with Ivory Coast, most people expressed the view that we would lose the case. But I, together with my team, went ahead to get a favourable ruling for Ghana. Receiving this award is testimony to young people that they can achieve great things once they put their mind and might to it. Ultimately, my work spoke for itself.
- I derive motivation from several sources. With regard to my profession, I am motivated and inspired by the many young girls and women who look up to me to keep doing what I do. The faith they have in me keeps me going because I cannot let them down. Again my family, both nuclear and extended, are also my source motivation. And finally, I am driven by the challenge to achieve results in any work that has to be done.
- Very few Africans lawyers are involved in international arbitration. This is unfortunate because many of the international agreements signed by our governments have international arbitration as the method for resolving disputes. I hope that together with my colleagues in Ghana we can encourage many more African lawyers to be actively involved in international arbitration.
- In fact, nothing that he has said undermines our case. Indeed everything he said goes to point the fact that we are entitled to the declarations that we are seeking.
