DID THE SUPREME COURT REALLY SAY A BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS NOT A FORM OF IDENTIFICATION?
INTRODUCTION Let us forget politics and the voters registration brouhaha. I have read the judgment of the case NDC v AG & EC by the supreme court and without emotions or logic, I agree with the legal reasoning given by the Supreme Court for not using the old voters card based on the legal arguments as given by the parties. Of course, the Court has no basis to go into the merits and demerits of the policy decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) in the exercise of their discretionary powers as long as it is in accordance with due process of the law and it is not arbitrary, capricious or biased as stated in Article 296 of the 1992 Constitution. It can be said that the Supreme Court has ruled and so be it; since litigation must come to an end, precedence has been set, so let us move on. In my opinion, however, the aspect on the birth certificate looks like a “forced landing” and may not be a universal truth or prone to practical legal difficulties going forward. It looks li