AKUSE AMEDEKA CITIZENS ASSOCIATION vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL & ANOR. [2015]DLSC6143

Date	2015-01-15
Suit No.	WRITNO.J1/10/2013
Citation No.	[2015]DLSC6143

WOOD (MRS) C J (PRESIDING)

DOTSE JSC

ANIN YEBOAH JSC

BAFFOE BONNIE JSC

GBADEGBE J.S.C

AKOTO BAMFO (MRS) JSC

AKAMBA JSC

PETER KONOR ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.

SYLVESTER WILLIAMS (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT.

JAMES QUASHIE IDUN ESQ. WITH HIM ANTHONY DABI FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT

[2015]DLSC6143
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AKUSE AMEDEKA CITIZENS ASSOCIATION<o:p></o:p>[PLAINTIFFS]<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>[DEFENDANTS]<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
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WRITNO.J1/10/2013&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 15TH JANUARY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

JAMES
QUASHIE IDUN ESQ. WITH HIM ANTHONY DABI FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>GBADEGBE
JSC <o:p></o:p>On 15 January 2014, we
pronounced judgment in the matter herein and reserved our reasons which we
hereby provide as follows: <o:p></o:p>On 27 May 2014, we raised
for the consideration of the parties a point of law that was carefully
formulated as follows: <o:p></o:p>“Whether or not the reliefs in the
instant action are not substantially the same as those sought in the case of
Paul Obroni and Another v The Attorney-General and Others (Suit No
J1/10/2013)?”<o:p></o:p>Following the said order,
the parties have made full compliance by filing their respective responses to
the point of law for the court’s consideration. While the plaintiff and the
first defendant answered the question posed in the negative, the second defendant’s
response was in the affirmative. In order to fully appreciate the said point of
law and the responses filed by the parties reference is made in extenso with
the reliefs claimed in the present action and that which was claimed in the
Paul Obroni case (supra).&nbsp; In view of the
fact that the issue was raised in the instant action, we commence with the
reliefs claimed in the action herein. <o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
“A declaration that on a true and proper
interpretation of Article 4(1) of the Constitution, 1992 and the Greater Accra
Act, 1982, PNDCL 26 as amended by Greater Accra Region (Amendment) Act, 1982,
PNDCL 28, the ‘Erstwhile Osudoku Local Council’ established pursuant to Local
Government (Osudoku Local Council) Instrument, 1952, constitute a part of the
Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana. <o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A Declaration that, on a true, and proper
interpretation of the Article 4(1) of the Constitution, 1992 and the Greater
Accra Region Act, 1982, PNDCL 26 as amended by the Greater Accra Region
(Amendment) Act, 1982, PNDCL 28, the townships of Akuse and Amedeka together
with their electoral areas, namely, Salon Zongo New Town, Akutue, Osuduku
Amedeka and Bungalow, being within the area of authority of the Erstwhile
Osudoku Local Council, form part and parcel of the Greater Accra Region, one of
the Regions provided for under Article 4(1) of the Constitution, 1992. <o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A Declaration that the 1st Defendant, the
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, acted in excess of powers
granted him under section 3 of the Local Government Act, 1993, Act 462, when he
purported to place Akuse and Amedeka Townships together with their electoral
areas, namely Salon, Zongo New Town, Akutue, Osuduku, Amedeka and Bungalow in
the Lower Manya Krobo District (as it then was) within the Eastern Region
pursuant to Local Government (creation of new District Electoral areas and
Designation of Units) Instrument, 2010 L. I. 1983, with the result that L. I.
1983 of 2010 to that extent is inconsistent with and in contravention of
Article 4(1) of the Constitution, PNDCL 26 as amended by PNDCL 28, unlawful,
null and void. <o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A Declaration that the 1st Defendant, the
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, acted in excess of powers
granted him under section 3 of the Local Government A</main>