FRANCIS KWARTENG ARTHUR vs. NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY

LAWRENCE L. MENSAH, J.A. This appeal is engendered by a decision entered in favour of the Respondent/Respondent which will be referred to as Respondent against the Applicant/Appellant who will be referred to as the Applicant by an Accra High Court dated the 28th day of March 2019. The action is an originating motion under Article 33 of the 1992 Constitution and Oder 67 of C.I. 47 launched by the Applicant a lawyer against the National Identification Authority in respect of a digital address code which the Respondent insisted was necessary for every one who applied to be issued with a National Identification Card. According to the Applicant there is no basis for the Respondent to insist on he Applicant furnishing the Respondent with a digital address code without which he the Applicant could not be registered. Case of the Applicant: The Applicant, a lawyer as aforementioned, deposed that in or around July 2018, the Respondent announced through the Ghana Bar Association (GBA)...