Ghanaian Lawyer Fights Gov’t Over Kotoka Int. Airport Renaming.
A Ghanaian citizen, Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers, has reportedly filed a suit at the Supreme Court, challenging the renaming of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
The plaintiff, who is a legal practitioner, described the renaming of the KIA to the Accra International Airport (AIA) as unlawful.
In the suit filed against the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Brako-Powers contends that the General Kotoka Trust Decree, 1986 (NLCD 339), is still valid and binding under the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.
He further argues that unless the law is amended or repealed through the appropriate legal process, the KIA cannot be renamed.
Brako-Powers is consequently praying the Apex Court to declare the purported renaming of the airport without such amendment or repeal as inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution, specifically Articles 11(1)(d) and 11(4), as well as provisions of the decree. The private legal practitioner further argues that any executive order issued to change the name, without legislative backing, is null, void, and of no legal effect.
Brako-Powers’ suit is also seeking to annul the renaming of the airport and reverse it to the Kotoka International Airport. The writ directs the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, to file a response within 14 days after being served with the statement of claim. Brako-Powers filed the case under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in accordance with Article 2(1) and 130(1) of the 1992 Constitution and Rule 45(1) of the Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (C.I.16), as amended.
Ghanaian Lawyer Fights Gov’t Over Kotoka Int. Airport Renaming. Source: Yen.com
