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AWUNI
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WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

(2001) JELR 67286 (HC)

High Court 4 Oct 2001 Ghana
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- The High Court held that the West African Examinations Council’s (WAEC) cancellation of the applicants’ exam results and the three-year bar, without prior notice or an opportunity to be heard, violated Article 23 of the 1992 Constitution

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Judges:OMARI-SASU JA
Counsel:M AYARIGA FOR THE APPLICANTS; F SELBY FOR THE RESPONDENTS.
Other Citations:[2001-2002] 1 GLR 25

OMARI-SASU JA.

This application for declaratory judgment or orders against the respondents herein has been brought by the applicant herein who is aged nineteen years per his next friend for himself and also in a representative capacity. The other parties represented are as follows:

(1) Adivila Matthew aged 21 years

(2) Akologo Gideon Atanga aged 23 years

(3) Akugre John aged 21 years

(4) Aseghebila Elvis Depores aged nineteen years

(5) Atagabe Kenneth Anderson aged nineteen years

(6) Atorah Bede Akorige aged nineteen years

(7) Atiah Albert aged 20 years

(8) Atuguba Harold Tivah aged 21 years

(9) Awandre Jerome Anongseam aged eighteen years

(10) Aye-Anine Guggisberg aged 21 years

(11) Ayibellow Isaac Bakite aged eighteen years

(12) Ayidiya Eric aged 22 years

The reliefs sought in the present application are:

(a) A declaration that the decision of the final awards committee of the respondents (the West African Examinations Council) communicated in a letter No EC/SSS/-RS/Vol IV/173 dated 30 April 2001 …

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