The High Court in Accra is expected to hear the interlocutory injunction filed by some 9 citizens against the National Communications Authority(NCA) and the Attorney General(AG) over directives to block unregistered SIM Cards.
A pressure group, The People’s Project (TPP), has dragged the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Attorney-General (A-G) to court over the imminent actions against unregistered SIM users.
They want the apex court to declare the deadline and the associated punitive measures null and void.
In a writ issued on Friday, September 9, the group said the sanction amounts to abuse of discretion, therefore seeking:
“A declaration that on a true and proper interpretation of Articles 2, 23, and 296 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, the directive by the Minister for Communication, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful on Sunday, July 31, 2022, that the 1st Defendant will ensure that all SIM cards that are not re-registered by 30th September 2022 will be blocked while the National Identification Authority has not been able to issue the Ghana card which is the only card to be used for the said re-registration exercise to all Ghanaians is arbitrary, capricious, amounts to an abuse of discretion and same is unconstitutional, null, void and of no legal effect.”
The group also wants the Supreme Court to declare the punitive measures currently being implemented by the NCA which includes blocking calls declared as unconstitutional.
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