Ayikoi Otoo

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Hon.
Nii Ayikoi Otoo
18th Attorney General of Ghana
In office
1 February 2005 –2006
Alma mater
Occupation High Commissioner
ProfessionLawyer

Nii Ayikoi Otoo is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He belongs to the New Patriotic political party. [1] He served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Ghana in the John Agyekum Kufour administration. He is currently Ghana's high commissioner to Canada. [2]

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Early life and education

Nii Ayikoi Otoo was born in Mamprobi, a town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, to E. K. A. Otoo and Emelia Otoo. [3] He attended Ebenezer Secondary School in Accra and obtained his GCE Ordinary Level certificate. He had to move to Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana so he could attend Fijai Secondary School. [3] After obtaining his GCE Advanced Level certificate he was admitted to the University of Ghana in 1976 to pursue a degree in law. Upon completion in 1979, Nii Ayikoi Otoo enrolled at the Ghana School of Law. He was called to the Ghana Bar in 1981. [3]

Working life

Lawyer Ayikoi Otoo did his one-year mandatory national service and then sojourned to Nigeria. When he returned to Ghana, he was employed by Adamafio & Associates, a law firm in Accra where he worked for over 20 years. [3] In the early 2000s, he started his own chambers called Otoo & Associates Leo Chambers at Laterbiokorshie in Accra. [3] He served as secretary and later president of the Greater Accra Bar Association. [4] He worked with his learned colleague Nana Akuffo-Addo on the National Council of the Ghana Bar Association. [5]

Political life

Ayikoi Otoo was appointed as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice by President John Agyekum Kufour in 2005 to succeed Papa Owusu-Ankomah. [6] He ended his term as the minister in April 2006 after a ministerial reshuffle. [7] Hon. Joe Ghartey was named in his place. [8] He was chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the New Patriotic Party in 2010 and was a member of the party's Vetting Committee that vetted the presidential hopefuls for the 2011 primary. [4] In December 2011 Ga Adamgbe youth petitioned the leadership of the New Patriotic Party to consider making Ayikoi Otoo the running mate to the then Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo. [4] Nana Akuffo-Addo eventually settled on Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate. [9] In March 2017 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed Ayikoi Otoo as Ghana's High Commissioner to Canada. [10] [11]

Personal life

Ayikoi Otoo is married to Patrica Otoo, with whom he has six children. [3]

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  2. ↑ Nyabor, Jonas (17 March 2017). "Ayikoi Otoo, Gina Blay, 5 others given ambassadorial roles". Ghana News. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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  5. ↑ "Group wants Ayikoi Otoo to parner Nana". GhanaWeb. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Agenda, Public (30 November 2001). "'Cold War' in NPP". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Web, Ghana (30 November 2001). "Kufuor restructures ministerial team". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Prof Lungu (11 June 2008). "Mr. Joe Ghartey Says Abolish the Ministry of Justice". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "awumia is Akufo-Addo's best choice of running mate – Dr. Kwasi Jonah". MyJoy Online. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ayikoi Otoo appointed High Commissioner to Canada". GhanaWeb. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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