T.Y. NUGBLE AND GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE (GES) [2001]DLCHRAJ5908

Date	2001-01-31
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/422/96/558
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ5908

BENJAMIN K. OPPONG

[2001]DLCHRAJ5908
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">T.Y. NUGBLE <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
(GES) <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/422/96/558&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; &nbsp;DATE: 31/01/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>BENJAMIN
K. OPPONG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (LEGAL/OPERATIONS)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;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>The
Commission rendered a Decision with Reference No. CHRAJ/422/96/1093 dated 3rd
June, 1998 in respect of this matter. In the said Decision, the Commission
recommended that the Complainant "be paid all his salary since his
interdiction" and thereafter "be posted or a suggestion made to him
to retire with his benefits".<o:p></o:p>The
Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), through his
Director/Manpower, indicated in a letter No. NTP.2670/20 of 10th November, 1998
to the Commissioner that when the Volta Regional Director of Education was
directed to implement the Decision under reference, the latter reacted by
stating that the Complainant "had with effect from February, 1987 been
summarily dismissed". In the said letter, the Director-General requested
for a review of the Commission's earlier Decision.<o:p></o:p>Significantly,
the Director-General attached to his letter requesting for a review another
letter No. GES/VR/C.96/58 of 25th February, 1987 which attachment is supposed
to be the dismissal letter served on the Complainant.<o:p></o:p>Further
investigations have been conducted into the matter in the spirit of the
Commission reviewing its earlier Decision. The Complainant advised the
Commission to reject the request by the Respondents for a review and further
reiterated both his innocence and ignorance about his dismissal from the Service.<o:p></o:p>The Commission observes from all the
existing records and the fresh evidence adduced by the Respondents that the
Complainant was culpable for the $241,000.00 he was alleged to have embezzled
and that he also knew he had been dismissed from the Service. His contention
that "...... if any dismissal was issued on me as far back 1987, it has
never been communicated to me up till this day ....." (Reference
Complainant's letter of 12 November, 1998) is a falsehood.<o:p></o:p>From the outset, the Complainant stated in
his petition of 21st September, 1995 which was signed by his Solicitor, the
late Mr. Stephen K.A. Kodjovie, that:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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petitioner herein was one of a number of Bursars dismissed by the Ghana
Education Service for embezzling funds".<o:p></o:p>Mr.
Kodjovie also wrote that:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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client petitioned for a review of his dismissal ....... after duly refunding
in full his share of the amount embezzled in his school."<o:p></o:p>