ELORM KWAMI GORNI V. VODAFONE GHANA LIMITED, ATTORNEY GENERAL LIMITED AND NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY

JUDGMENT

MAJORITY OPINION

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS) JSC:

“Good name in man and woman,

...Is the immediate jewel of their souls.

But he that filches from me my good name

Robs me of that which not enriches him

And makes me poor indeed.”

William Shakespeare.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 6th February 2025.

Facts and Background

The 1st respondent is a telecommunications company (Telco) in Ghana. The 3rd respondent is a statutory body established under the National Communications Act, 2008 (Act 769). Sometime in September 2021, the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation launched a national exercise, the National Sim Card Registration Exercise (NSCRE) aimed at registering about 40 million subscribers of its services.

In compliance with this directive, the 1st respondent put modalities in place to register Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The process which commenced on 1st October 2021..... involved submitting one’s Ghana Identity Card (Ghana Card) to the Telco f…