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An individual described as a supporter of Prempeh College has filed an interlocutory injunction application in a High Court to halt Primetime Limited from organizing the grand finale of the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) as originally scheduled.
The final contest was set for October 30 at the National Theatre in Accra.
The plaintiff, whose identity remains unknown and is represented by Kwame Boateng Atuahene, Esq, has sought a court order to suspend the organization of the finale until the “final determination of the matter in terms of the affidavit in support.” The specific details of the affidavit are not publicly available.
The legal dispute revolves around a riddle during the semifinal stage of the competition, in which Prempeh College and Primetime Limited disagreed.
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Primetime Limited, the organizers of the NSMQ, asserted that the Quiz Mistress, Professor Elsie Effah Kaufmann, had the discretion to determine whether a contestant’s answer was sufficiently responsive and that the answer given by the Prempeh College contestants was not synonymous with the target key.
In response, Prempeh College maintained that their answer was accurate and disagreed with the NSMQ’s consultant during the initial discussion of the issue at the contest venue.
This legal action has added a new dimension to the ongoing controversy related to the NSMQ competition.
“Given that we may have reached an impasse we request that an independent consultant or body be engaged to bring finality to this matter since one cannot be a judge in his own matter. We are resolute in our minds that our answer is correct, and we will take all available steps and means including legal, if necessary, to ensure that Prempeh College and its contestants are given a fair hearing,” the school’s statement added.
