<h3>JUDGMENT</h3><p><strong>AKUFFO, J.S.C.</strong></p><p>I have been privileged to read beforehand the opinions about to be read by my learned brothers Ocran and Ansah JJSC, and I fully agree with their conclusions. I have only a few words to add to their erudite exposition of the law on the matters raised herein.</p><p>The crux of the Appellants&#x27; complaint is that Nananom of the National House of Chiefs (hereinafter referred to as &#x27;NHC&#x27;) were in error when they declined jurisdiction to hear their Petition. As is clear from paragraph 4 of the Appellant&#x27;s Reply to the 2nd Respondent&#x27;s Statement of Case herein, the gravamen of the Petition (or, as Counsel rather inappropriately expressed it, the &#x27;beef of the Appelants’) was that &quot;in transmitting the Chieftaincy) Declaration Forms (hereinafter referred to as &#x27;CDF&#x27;) the 1st Respondent (the Central Region House of Chiefs) merely &#x27;rubber stamped&#x27; the forms as presented by the Oguaa Traditional Council.&quot; Consequently, the Appellants, as petitioners, sought from Nananom a declaration…</p>