A.F. ACHEAMPONG AND GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE [2001]DLCHRAJ6059

Date	2001-09-11
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/628/98/1582
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ6059

CHRIS DADZIE (MRS)

[2001]DLCHRAJ6059
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">A.F. ACHEAMPONG<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/628/98/1582&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: 11/09/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>CHRIS
DADZIE (MRS) DIRECTOR (PROTECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT) 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>Introduction<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant was a Senior Accountant with the Sunyani District Office of the
Ghana Education Service. Following an audit inspection re conducted by the
National Investigation Task Force in 1986, he was interdicted and has been on
interdiction to date. In this petition, he has pleaded innocent and asked for
reinstatement.<o:p></o:p>The
issue to determine is whether he was wrongfully interdicted.<o:p></o:p>Complainant's Case<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant submitted that shortly before the audit inspection, he accidentally
lost the keys to one of the safes in the strong room. The safe contained some T
&amp; T and Teachers salary vouchers, as well as other office documents. He
accordingly reported the loss to the then District Assistant Director of
Education. One of the two keys was later found by a citizen who handed it over
to the Broadcasting Corporation which turned it over while the other remained
lost thus making it impossible to open the safe.<o:p></o:p>When the audit team visited, they demanded
to see certain vouchers among which were those in the safe which could not be
opened. His explanation was not accepted by the team which accused him of
having embezzled the amounts on those vouchers.<o:p></o:p>The Complainant added that from the
conduct of the team he realized that his life was in danger. Therefore at the
least opportunity he escaped from the custody of the team and made for nearby
Ivory Coast where he lived for a year. He returned to Ghana in May 1987. It was
while in the Ivory Coast that he read in the "Daily Graphic" that he
had been accused of embezzling 3.7 million being salaries and Travelling and
Transport expenses of Teachers.<o:p></o:p>The Complainant stated further that
realizing that he was innocent, on his return to Ghana, he reported himself to
the Co-ordinator of the Office of Revenue Commissioners who arranged for him to
meet with the audit team. He was interrogated by the Co-ordinator on the
findings of the team. He protested against the findings on the grounds that the
auditing was done in his absence, and further that the vouchers in contention
were safe in the safe whose key was missing. The Complainant said he replied to
a question by the Co-ordinator that he disappeared to save his life because the
team was more bent on threatening his life than performing audit duties. The
Co-ordinator, he said, however, failed to honour his promise to send another
team to repeat the audit at a future date.<o:p></o:p>