REPUBLIC vs. CENTRAL REGIONAL MINISTER AND ANOTHER; EX PARTE ACTION CONGRESS PARTY

JUDGMENT OF OSEI-HWERE J. When the applicants’ motion came before the court on 17 March 1980, the outstanding reliefs sought were those of prohibition and mandamus; the relief for certiorari having been conditionally dismissed at the previous hearing. By their application for an order of prohibition, the court is invited to restrain the Regional Minister and the Deputy Regional Minister for the Central Region from distributing or selling essential commodities including outboard motors and cutlasses at the Central Regional and District Offices of the People’s National Party or through Mr. Gustav Ackumey of Cape Coast, a staunch member of the People’s National Party. They also pray for an order of mandamus to compel the Regional Minister and the Deputy Regional Minister to do the following acts: “(a) to distribute and/or sell essential commodities including outboard motors and cutlasses only through the registered commercial houses in Cape Coast and elsewhere in the Central Reg...