REPUBLIC vs. GHANA INDUSTRIAL HOLDING CORPORATION; EX PARTE AMARTEY KWEI AND OTHERS

JUDGMENT OF KORANTENG-ADDOW J. This is an ex parte application for leave to issue an order of certiorari to quash the purported dismissal by the government of all unionised employees of the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC). The applicants are also asking leave to apply for an injunction to restrain the government from assuming the duties of the management of Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation, and lastly, an injunction to restrain GIHOC from taking any steps on the basis of the purported orders of the government. The first applicant is the chairman of the GIHOC Workers Union Council, the second applicant is the secretary of the same council and the third applicant is the treasurer. They bring this application for themselves and on behalf of all other members of the Workers Trade Unions of all the divisions of the GIHOC. The first respondent is a statutory corporation created by the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation Decree, 1967 (NLCD 207), as amended by the Ghana I...