NATIONAL MEDIA COMMISSION
V.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL

(2000) JELR 68242 (SC)

Supreme Court 26 Jan 2000 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over the authority to appoint the chairman and other members of the governing bodies of public corporations managing state-owned media in Ghana. - The National Media Commission argues that this authority is ves

Case Details

Judges:EDWARD WIREDU JSC, BAMFORD-ADDO JSC, AMPIAH JSC, ADJABENG JSC, ACQUAH JSC, ATUGUBA JSC, AKUFFO JSC
Counsel:PETER ALA ADJETEY (WITH HIM NUTIFAFA KUENYEHIA AND FRANK ABAIDOO) FOR THE PLAINTIFFS; AFRIFA GYASI CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANT
Other Citations:[1999-2000] 2 GLR 577

JUDGEMENT

EDWARD WIREDU JSC.

I have been privileged to read beforehand the learned opinion of my brother Acquah JSC which is about to be read.

In his characteristic delivery, he has critically examined, ably analysed and beautifully nutshelled the facts of this case, and has arrived, rightly in my view, at a conclusion which tallies with my own stand and understanding of the law in this dispute. I therefore write to concur in both his reasoning and conclusion that on the face of the plain and unambiguous language of article 168 of the Constitution, 1992 the authority to appoint the chairman and other members of the governing bodies of public corporations managing the state-owned media, including their chief executives who are also members of such governing bodies, vests in the National Media Commission acting in consultation with the President. I also endorse his conclusion that it is the commission which is vested with the right to exercise the powers set out in article 297(a) of the C…

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