SAMUEL KYEI AND C.E.P.S. [2001]DLCHRAJ6075

Date	2001-07-11
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/233/97/644
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ6075

BENJAMIN K. OPPONG

[2001]DLCHRAJ6075
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">SAMUEL KYEI<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">C.E.P.S.<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/233/97/644&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 11/7/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>BENJAMIN
K. OPPONG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LEGAL/OPERATIONSFOR 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 complainant, a former employee of the
CEPS, the respondents herein complained to the Commission in 1997 against his
dismissal from CEPS and prayed for reinstatement.<o:p></o:p>The
complainant stated in his complaint then that sometime in January 1989, he and
ten (10) other officials of the CEPS were interdicted from office for allegedly
"doing an act detrimental to the economy of Ghana by allegedly allowing
importers to evade customs duty."<o:p></o:p>The
complainant stated that the National Investigations Commission (N.I.C.)
investigated the allegations and submitted a detailed report. The Government
subsequently issued a White Paper on the report of the NIC in or about
September 1990. It is the contention of the complainant that the White Paper
was silent on his fate. It did not mention his name at all.<o:p></o:p>The complainant stated in his complaint
further that the White Paper notwithstanding the CEPS wrote to dismiss him from
its employment on 20th June 1991. The dismissal letter reads in part
as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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outcome of investigations by the NIC into the loss of ¢83.7 million revenue on
goods imported into the country through the Menusu entry point in January 1989
established your complicity in the crime. However in the Government White
Paper on the report, your name WAS INADVERTENTLY omitted."<o:p></o:p>The
letter went ahead to dismiss the complainant from the CEPS with immediate
effect.<o:p></o:p>It
is on record that after the dismissal the complainant petitioned the
Commissioner of CEPS for re-consideration of the dismissal to no avail. He
further petitioned the Chairman, Board of Directors of CEPS. The Head of State
(1992 and 1994). No reactions were received to these petitions. The complainant
finally petitioned the CHRAJ.<o:p></o:p>The CEPS reacted to CHRAJ request for
comments on the complainant's petition and maintained its stand on the
dismissal, stating inter alia that:<o:p></o:p>"...the omission of his
(complainant's) name from the Government White Paper, which accepted the report,
was inadvertent. That does not pronounce him as innocent or blameless. The
complainant may make the said report available for the Commission to see."<o:p></o:p>The
complainant did provide the NIC Report after initial objection that it was not
his responsibility to provide the report.<o:p></o:p>