ERIC JACOB AYISI AND ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL DEPARTMENT (PENSIONS COMPUTATION UNIT) [2001]DLCHRAJ6046

Date	2001-04-19
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/54/97/1328
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ6046

B. K. OPPONG

[2001]DLCHRAJ6046
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">ERIC JACOB AYISI <o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/54/97/1328&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:
19/04/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>B.
K. OPPONG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LEGAL &amp; 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>Mr. Eric Jacob Ayisi, the complainant, by
his complaint craved for the indulgence of the Commission to recommend to the
Accountant-General's Department to pay him pension and gratuity benefits for
his past services to the State as the Guardsman/Security Officer at the P.D.D.<o:p></o:p>The
complainant stated in his complaint that, he was appointed as a
Guardsman/Security Officer at the erstwhile Presidential Detail Department
referred to as the P.D.D. in December 1965; that he was taken on as a
pensionable officer on a salary scale of £510 x 25 - £710 per annum. He went on
further to state that he never vacated his post at the P.D.D. until 24th
February, 1966. When a Coup d'etat removed President Nkrumah from office and
ended the reign of the 1st Republic.<o:p></o:p>The Commission instituted a panel hearing
during which the complainant stated that he was recruited into the P.D.D. in
December, 1965 by Mr. T.K. Impraim, the Personnel Officer of the President of
the First Republic which invited him for an interview on Tuesday, 21 December,
1965 after which he was appointed as a guardsman/security officer at the
Bodyguard Unit of the P.D.D.<o:p></o:p>Continuing
his evidence he stated that his appointment which took effect from late
December, 1965 was backed by a appointment letter signed by Mr. Dontoh one of
the Personnel Officers of the P.D.D.<o:p></o:p>The Complainant said his appointment was
terminated after the February, 1966 coup d'etat. He was later compelled to
travel outside the country to New York to be precise, because the new
government, the National Liberation Council (N.C.L.) had published in the
national dailies i.e. the Daily Graphic" and the "Ghanaian
Times" that Intelligence Officers, Bodyguards/Security Officers or
Security Officers of the deposed government should not be given appointment for
the next ten years. He stated that he was at post on 24th February, 1996, the
day of the coup.<o:p></o:p>Continuing he said he was in the United
States of America from December 1967 to sometime in June 1968. In view of the
complainant's claims, the Commission interviewed him on the issues raised in
his complaint.<o:p></o:p>The Complainant in his evidence-in-chief
repeated the averments in his complaint without variation or contradiction. He
stated that he was appointed as a Guardsman/Security Officer at the PDD in
December 1965, and supported his claim by resort to the production of a letter
from the Office of the President dated 15th December 1965 which invited him for
interview after which he was appointed as a Guardsman/Security Officer at the
Bodyguard Unit of the P.D.D.<o:p></o:p>Furthermore,
he mentioned the names of some of his colleagues with whom he worked or
associated in the P.D.D. These included Messrs T.K. Impraim Stephen Ansah Kofi,
A.S. Abbia Kwakye, Stephen Appenteng, S.A. Kwafo, S.W. Ohene and Ohene Djan.<o:p></o:p>