Godfred Yeboah Dame, attorney, politician, and savvy NPP member in Ghana is a formidable figure in her country (NPP).
Godfred Dame, at the age of 42, has the honorable title of being the Republic of Ghana’s youngest ever Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
Mr. Dame is the Attorney General of Ghana, in charge of the Ministry of Justice, and a member of the General Legal Council (GCL), which governs the legal profession in Ghana.
Real Names | Godfred Yeboah Dame |
Age | 43s |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Place of Birth | Ghana |
Religion | Christian |
Spouse | Dr Joycelyn Akosua Assimeng Dame |
Children | Two |
Profession/Career | Attorney, Politician |
Net Worth | N/A |
Birth
Godfred Yeboah Dame was born on June 5, 1979. He is 42 years old and will be 44 the following year, in 2024.
Godfred Yeboah Early Life
Godfred Yeboah Dame raised in Ghana by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dame, and received his education there. Mr. Dame adheres to the Christian faith.
Educational Background, Senior High School
Godfred Yeboah Dame received his GCE Ordinary Level and Advanced Level Certificates from Adisadel College in Cape Coast, where he studied from 1989 to 1996.
He earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ghana in 2001. (LLB).
Having attended the Ghana School of Law, he graduated with the necessary credentials in 2003.
Godfred Dame was admitted to the Ghanaian Bar in the fall of 2003.
He began his legal career at Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co.. The prestigious business co-founded by the current president of Ghana and one of his closest advisors, Mr. Prempeh.
Mr. Godfred Dame was one of the few lawyers in Africa and the world to receive the Open Society Initiative Fellowship in 2006. Also accepted into the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. This was in recognition of his significant efforts in defending the media and human rights, the rule of law, and civil liberties in Ghana.
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Wife & Children
Dr. Joycelyn Akosua Assimeng Dame, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, is Godfred Dame’s wife.
Dr. Joycelyn Akosua Assimeng Dame is the country’s first pediatric infectious disease specialist.
The couple now has two wonderful children.
Godfred Yeboah Dame Professional and Political Career
- Godfred Dame presided over the Greater-Accra Regional Football Association’s Disciplinary Committee in 2008 and 2009.
- He joined the legal team for the Ghana Bar Association in 2014.
- The Ghana School of Law welcomed Godfred Dame as a Company Law and Practice faculty member in 2011. He taught there till 2016.
- From 2011–2017, he served on the Ghana Football Association’s Elections Committee (GFA).
- Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo named Godfred Dame to the position of Deputy Attorney-General and Deputy Minister for Justice in March 2017.
- The Public Procurement Authority, the University of Ghana Medical Centre Board, and the Legal Service Board all counted among his previous positions.
- Godfred Dame succeeded Hon. Gloria Akuffo as Attorney General and Minister of Justice on January 21, 2021, after being appointed to the position by President Akufo-Addo.
Godfred Yeboah Dame Achievements
Since taking office as Attorney General, Godfred Dame has made many significant contributions.
- Has been at the forefront of the government’s efforts to recoup the ill-gotten GH51.2m judgment debt paid to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome.
- After a court ruling, Ghana spared a GH1.27 billion debt to NDK Financial Services.
- Exton Cubic Company Limited, owned by Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former president John Dramani Mahama, had three mining leases terminated in their favor.
- He made sure the lawsuit challenging Mr. Martin Amidu’s appointment as Special Prosecutor didn’t become public.
- Halted the opposition to Ghana’s new regionalization,
- Stopped the National Democratic Congress’s challenge to create a fresh voter list for the 2020 election.
- The Public Procurement Authority, the University of Ghana Medical Centre Board, and the Legal Service Board all counted among his previous positions.