Vida Akoto-Bamfo

Vida Akoto-Bamfo (born 7 February 1949) is a retired Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge. She served on the Supreme Court bench from 2009 to 2019. She had her early education at Accra Royal School in James Town (British Accra). In 1963, she gained admission to Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School where she obtained her 'O' Level certificate.

Career Prior to joining the bench in 1981, Akoto-Bamfo worked at the Attorney-General's Office as a National Service personnel. After serving as a justice of the High Court for three years, she was transferred to the Gambia on secondment for two years as Chairperson of the Assets Commission. She was appointed an Appeal Court Judge in 1999 and continued in this position until her nomination and appointment to the Supreme Court of Ghana by John Evans Atta Mills, President of Ghana in 2009. She retired in February 2019. She was appointed together with Nasiru Sulemana Gbadegbe and Benjamin Teiko Aryeetey (now retired). She joined Justices Stephen Alan Brobbey, Georgina Theodora Wood (then Chief Justice) and Samuel K. Date-Bah, who are all retired.

Personal life Vida Akoto-Bamfo was married to the late Eugene Akoto-Bamfo Snr., a Legal Officer. She identified as a Methodist but fellowships at the Police Church.