MARTIN ALAMISI AMIDU vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL, ISOFOTON S.A AND ANANE- AGYEI FORSON [2013]DLSC2760

Date	2013-06-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. JI/23/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLSC2760

DR. DATE-BAH JSC (PRESIDING)

ANSAH JSC

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

OWUSU (MS) JSC

DOTSE JSC

ANIN YEBOAH JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC

PLAINTIFF APPEARS FOR HIMSELF.

MRS. SYLVIA ADUSU (PSA) WITH HER MRS. STELLA BADU (PSA) ANNA PEARL

AKIWUMI SIRIBOE (PSA) AND GRACE OPPONG (SSA) FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT.

OWUSU-YEBOAH WITH HIM OWUSU-NYAMPONG FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT.

KIZITO BEYUO FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT.

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MARTIN ALAMISI AMIDU<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ATTORNEY GENERAL,
ISOFOTON S.A AND ANANE- AGYEI FORSON<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. JI/23/2012&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 21ST JUNE, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>PLAINTIFF APPEARS FOR
HIMSELF.<o:p></o:p>MRS. SYLVIA ADUSU (PSA)
WITH HER MRS. STELLA BADU (PSA), ANNA PEARL AKIWUMI SIRIBOE (PSA) AND GRACE
OPPONG (SSA) FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>OWUSU-YEBOAH WITH HIM
OWUSU-NYAMPONG FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DR. DATE-BAH JSC (PRESIDING), ANSAH JSC, ADINYIRA
(MRS) JSC, OWUSU (MS) JSC, DOTSE JSC, ANIN YEBOAH JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC,
GBADEGBE JSC ,AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>DR. DATE-BAH JSC:<o:p></o:p>This is the
unanimous judgment of the Court.Our esteemed brother Dotse JSC&nbsp; will, however, add some concurring remarks to
it.&nbsp; Also, there is a short concurrence
from our sister Justice Adinyira, who is unavoidably unable to be with us
today, but has consented to our delivering the judgment in her absence.<o:p></o:p>The Facts<o:p></o:p>On the 24th
day of July 2012, the plaintiff, a former Attorney-General of the Republic of
Ghana, issued a writ against the defendants in this case claiming the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p>“i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
On a true and proper interpretation of Article 181 (3) (4) and
section 7 of the Loans Act, (Act 335) the laying before and approval on 1st
August 2005 of the terms and conditions of the Second Financial Protocol
between the Republic of Ghana and the Kingdom of Spain for an amount of
sixty-five million Euro (€65,000,000) for the implementation of various
development projects and programmes in Ghana did not nullify the effect of
Article 181 (5) of the 1992 Constitution that mandates further laying before
and approval of any specific international business or economic transaction to
which the Government is a party even if payment had to be made from the said
loan approved by Parliament.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Agreement between Isofoton S. A of Montalban 9th
28014, Madrid Spain, a foreign registered company and the Ministry of Food and
Agriculture of the Government of Ghana dated 22nd September 2005 for
the execution of a project designated as “Solar PV Powered Water Pumping and
Irrigation Systems in Remote Rural Areas of Ghana” is an international business
or economic transaction within the meaning of Article 181(5) of the 1992
Constitution and never became operative because it was not laid before and
approved by Parliament and is accordingly null, void and without effect
whatsoever.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Agreement between Isofoton S. A. of Montalban 9, 28014, Madrid
Spain, a foreign registered company and the Ministry of Energy of the
Government of Ghana in 2001 for the execution of the “Solar Electrification
Project in Ghana Phase II” is an international business or economic transaction
within the meaning of Art</main>