Justice Georgina Wood, nominated by President Kufuor for appointment as the next Chief Justice, would be facing a reconstituted Appointments Committee when Parliament resumes sitting on the 15th of May. First Deputy Speaker Freddie Blay, who is also Chairman of the Appointments Committee, told Joy News the Committee had been reconstituted to include the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. He said the combined Committee would be responsible for vetting justices of the Supreme Court and chief justices. Mr. Blay also told Joy News the procedure for vetting Justice Wood would be the same as that for ministers of state. President Kufuor nominated Justice Georgina Wood for the post of chief justice in consultation with the Council of State. She has been serving as a Supreme Court judge since 2002, and if Parliament approves her nomination, she will become the first female Chief Justice in the history of the country. A statement from the Press Secretary to the President, Mr Andrew Awuni, said Parliament had been furnished with the details of Justice Wood for vetting and approval. The statement ended weeks of media speculations about who would succeed the late Justice George Kingsley Acquah. Georgina Wood, born on June 8, 1947, attended Bishop’s Girls and Methodist Schools and is currently the Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). She had her LLB (Hons) from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1970 after completing Wesley Girl’s High School, Cape Coast in 1966. She took a six-month Post-Graduate Officers Training Course at the Ghana Police College. She joined the Judicial Service as a District Magistrate Grade II and was later promoted to Grade l. She was promoted to the Court of Appeal as a presiding judge in 1991. Mrs Justice Wood last year chaired the Georgina Wood Committee that probed the disappearance of 77 packets of cocaine from the MV Benjamin vessel on April 26, 2006, as well as the 588kg cocaine seized from some Venezuelans at Mempeasem, East Legon.