[2000]DLCHRAJ5726 • November 20, 2000 • Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice
A.B.KOFI KORANTENG AND NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RENEWAL PROGRAMME
The complainant, a civil servant seconded to the National Institutional Renewal Programme (NIRP) on a two-year contract, had his contract expire on 31 July 1998. An appraisal recommended renewal subject to improvements. The Head of Civil Service (OHCS) initially approved the extension, but before formal confirmation, the NIRP Coordinator requested immediate withdrawal of the secondment. The complainant was recalled to the Civil Service without a formal new contract with NIRP and without opportunity to respond to criticisms.
read moreINTRODUCTION The Complainant, a Civil Servant with the Management Services Division of the Office of the Head of Civil Service, was granted leave of absence to work as a consultant with the National Technical Group of the National Institutional Renewal Programme (NIRP) on a two-year contract, from 1 August 1996 to 31 July 1998. With funding from the World Bank, the NIRP had been launched by the Government in December 1994 in order to develop a more compact public sector as well as to promote government policies including good governance, accelerated economic growth, and equitable social development. On 21 August 1998, after the Complainant's initial contract with the NIRP had ended, the Coordinator of the NIRP, Dr Koranteng, signed his appraisal. Report, which recommended that his secondment to the NIRP be renewed. The Head of the Civil Service approved the extension of the secondment. However, by a letter dated 31 August 1998, before a formal confirmation letter was conveyed by the...