ABUKARI UMAR AND MOHAMMED HAFIZ vs. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AUTHORITY (NHIA) [2018]DLCA4408

ABUKARI UMAR AND MOHAMMED HAFIZ vs. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AUTHORITY (NH... [2018]DLCA4408

Date	2018-05-11
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: E12/70/2015
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4408

V. D. OFOE JA (PRESIDING)

A.M. DORDZIE JA

G. TORKORNOO JA

MOHAMMED ALHASSAN ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS / APPELLANTS

STEPHEN AZANTILOW ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT / RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA4408
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ABUKARI&nbsp;&nbsp; UMAR AND
MOHAMMED&nbsp;&nbsp; HAFIZ
<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NATIONAL HEALTH
INSURANCE AUTHORITY (NHIA)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANT
/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, TAMALE]<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:&nbsp; E12/70/2015&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 11TH MAY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MOHAMMED ALHASSAN ESQ. FOR
PLAINTIFFS / APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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STEPHEN
AZANTILOW ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT / RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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V.
D. OFOE JA (PRESIDING), A.M. DORDZIE JA, G. TORKORNOO JA<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>A.M.DORDZIE J.
A.:<o:p></o:p>FACTS:<o:p></o:p>By a writ dated 15th June 2015
issued at the Tamale High Court, the appellants herein Abukari Umar and
Mohammed Hafiz commenced an action against the respondent, National Health Insurance
Authority (NHIA) for the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
directing the defendant to restore the names of the plaintiffs unto its workers’
payroll to enable them receive their monthly salaries.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of
unpaid salaries from 1st May, 2014 to the date when plaintiffs’
names would have been restored unto the payroll.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on the
unpaid salaries from 1st May 2014 to the date of restoration of
plaintiffs’ names to the defendant’s payroll.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;