[2024]DLSC17722June 19, 2024Supreme Court

MAHAMA AYARIGA VS. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL , PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA, GHANA AMALGAMATED TRUST PLC. AND NATIONAL TRUST HOLDING COMPANY. (NTHC)

JUDGMENT ASIEDU JSC: [1]. Introduction/Reliefs: My lords, by his writ, the plaintiff herein, suing in his capacity as a Ghanaian and a Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, invokes the original jurisdiction of this court for: i. A declaration that upon a true and proper construction of the provisions of Articles 190(1)(b), (4) and 192 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, any and every entity established for commercial purposes or as a commercial venture or in respect of which the Government of the Republic of Ghana is the sole beneficiary of its commercial fortunes, ought to be a public corporation within the meaning of articles 190(1)(b), (4), 192, 297 and 298 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and must in accordance with the provisions of article 192 of the Constitution, be established by an Act of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana. ii. A declaration that the incorporation of the Ghana Amalgamated Trust PLC [third Defendant] in respect of ...