210:. She is Head of Litigation at Blay and Associates.She was appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice by President Nana Akufo Addo upon his assumption of power in 2017.As Attorney General, Akufo represented Ghana in a maritime boundary dispute with Ivory Coast at International Tribunal for Law of the Sea(ITLOS). The case at the tribunal had travel for years and successive governments. Akufo and predecessor, Mariata Brew Appiah Oppong successfully defended Ghana's interest and in September 2017, the ITLOS ruled in favour of the Ghana, stating that Ghana had not violated the maritime boundaries in her oil exploration efforts.According the court ruling, a ny new boundary was to pass the West of Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme oil and gas fields. The ruling saved Ghana some $ 49 billion.In March 2023, Nana Akufo-Addo bestowed national honours on the team of lawyers including Gloria Akufo who secured a favourable decision for Ghana in the maritime border dispute with the Ivory Coast. Akufo's appointment as Attorney General and Minister of Justice was not renewed by Akufo-Addo after he secured a second-term mandate as President in 2020. She was replaced by her deputy, Godfred Yeboah Dame, in 2021.
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