KWAPONG AND OTHERS vs. GHANA COCOA MARKETING BOARD AND OTHERS AMOH vs. GHANA COCOA MARKETING BOARD AND OTHERS (CONSOLIDATED)

JUDGMENT OF OSEI-HWERE JA At all material times the first plaintiff in suit No 556/80 was the deputy managing director of the Cocoa Marketing Co, and the second plaintiff, the principal public relations officer of the first defendants; the plaintiff in suit No 555/80 was the chief public relations officer of the first defendants; the first plaintiff in suit No 554/80 was the solicitor-secretary of the first defendants; and the second plaintiff was the director of special projects of the first defendants. They all claim, in addition, that they were public officers in the public service of Ghana. On or about 30 October 1979, the defendants issued a circular letter, exhibit B, whereby they notified each of the plaintiffs, among others, that adverse findings were reported against them by the Archer Committee of Enquiry which investigated the affairs of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board, and that if they so desired they should appeal against the said findings by representations to the spec...