MRS. ELIZABETH AMOAKO vs. BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA LTD

The plaintiff is a dismissed worker of Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd, the defendant herein, to be referred to as the bank. She was employed by the bank as a clerk in 1977 and as at the time of her dismissal on 15th December, 2009, she was a Customer Team Leader in charge of operations at Prempeh II Street branch of the bank in Kumasi. Her rank was referred to as Operations Manager by the Employee Relations Officer of the bank. He testified as the only witness for the defendant. The witness said plaintiff was dismissed because she signed “a document, a voucher, that was above her limit and the defendant (bank) lost some funds…” In other words, the plaintiff was accused of sanctioning the payment of an amount of GH¢92,000.00 to a customer of the bank called Alimatu Issaka when the amount was above her limit. It was asserted by the bank that it was later discovered the amount was stolen and fraudulently transferred into the account of the customer. It was further averred the plaintiff...