S. AWUKU HEVI AND GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE [2001]DLCHRAJ5898

Date	2001-04-09
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/155/95/1232
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ5898

B. K. OPPONG

[2001]DLCHRAJ5898
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">S. AWUKU HEVI<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/155/95/1232&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 09/04/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>B.
K. OPPONG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LEGAL/OPERATIONS FOR COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>This is a case where Mr. S. Awuku-Hevi,
the Complainant was dismissed as a result of an allegation that he has extorted
monies from a Contractor who was awarded a contract by the Respondents.<o:p></o:p>On or about 16th March, 1995, the
Complainant complained to the Commission seeking for:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
re-instament<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
payment of all lost financial
benefits including his monthly salaries;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
compensation for loss of
seniority<o:p></o:p>The
facts are that the Complainant was a staff (ie a Senior Superintendent) of
Accra District Office of the Ghana Education Service (G.E.S.). The Respondents
decided to award a contract to one Yaw Alanyo doing business under the name and
style of Alanco Wood Works to manufacture 1,050 All-Purpose benches for junior
Secondary Schools in the District.<o:p></o:p>The
contractor was given part payment of C5,512,000 (Five Million, five hundred and
twelve thousand cedis) out of a total contract sum of C11,025,000 (Eleven
million and twenty five thousand cedis).<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant was asked to monitor the execution of the contract by the District
Director of the Ghana Education Service. The supply of the benches by the
contractor was unduly delayed. So the contractor was queried. But he alleged
that his inability to supply the benches on time was due to the fact that the
Complainant had extorted a total of C1.5 million (One million five hundred
thousand cedis) from him.<o:p></o:p>When
the Complainant was confronted, he denied this allegation. The Complainant was
made to confront the contractor in the office of the Assistant Director of the
Ghana Education Service. And in the presence of both the Assistant Director and
the Complainant, the contractor denied ever giving monies to the Complainant.<o:p></o:p>