Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw
Owusu
Friday, July
31, 2015
Energy expert Dr. Yves Charles Wereko-Brobby aka Tarzan has sued the
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation over the controversial TV License initiative.
He wants the Fast Track High Court to restrain the state broadcaster from collecting TV Licence fees from August
1, 2015, which he deems as “illegally”.
In processing the court document, the former Chief Executive of the
defunct Ghana@50 Secretariat joined media regulator the National Media
Commission (NMC), Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) and the
Attorney-General to the suit.
According to Egbert Faibille Jnr. of Faibille & Faibille law
firm, who is representing the plaintiff, GBC “cannot share any moneys received
by it with any other entity whether private or state-owned as same ought to be
deposited in its bank accounts.”
The plaintiff is contending, among other things that the “2nd, 3rd
and 4th Defendants have not been appointed by the Minister of Finance by any
legislative instrument to be a licensing authority(s) as provided for by NLCD
89; particularly when 3rd Defendant as an association and/or its individual
members are not statutory corporations.”
Dr Wereko-Brobby is praying the court to declare that it is illegal
for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents to be beneficiaries of any TV licence fee
collected.
The plaintiff is also praying the court for an “order of perpetual
injunction restraining 1st Defendant, its official, assigns, hirelings,
privies, servants, agents and/or any person claiming under or through it; and
howsoever described from commencing and/or resuming the collection of the newly
introduced TV Licence Fees from the 1st day of August, 2015 or any date
thereafter as the formula for sharing same as announced and/or any other formula
for sharing same among Defendants is unlawful and a violation of LI 226, NRCD
89 as well as NLCD 226.”
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