An Accra High Court has ruled that the National Identification Authority is entitled to continue with its work of registering Ghanaians amid the coronavirus outbreak.
NIA is entitled to work-Court rules that registration should continue as it dismisses injunction and substantive case
An Accra High Court has ruled that the National Identification Authority (NAA) is entitled to continue with its work of registering Ghanaians.
Court of Appeal judge, Anthony Oppong, who is sitting as an additional High Court judge, held that the application for injunction is based on a grievous error and misunderstanding of the President’s social distancing directive. The court then proceeded to dismiss the substantive case as well.
Friday hearing
When the case was called on Friday at 9:30am lawyer for the two citizens and the Deputy Attorney-General were not in court. Lawyer for the NIA Kwaku Asirifi was, however, present with a Senior State Attorney Yvonne Bannerman representing the Deputy Attorney-GeneralG whom she said was on his way.
Plaintiffs want to withdraw case
Lawyers for the plaintiffs Nii Kpapko Samoa Addo had on Thursday told Evans Mensah on Newsnite on JOYFM that he will withdraw the case on Friday.
Justice Oppong after observing the absence of the lawyers indicated that he has seen a copy of a request seeking to withdraw the case.
Source: AdomFMonline
