ALEX AGYEI-BOADI AND GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE [2001]DLCHRAJ6116

Date	2001-10-05
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/1797/2001/2023
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ6116

CHRIS AKUFFO-OPOKU

[2001]DLCHRAJ6116
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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">ALEX AGYEI-BOADI <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/1797/2001/2023&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 5/10/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>CHRIS
AKUFFO-OPOKU DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PROTECTION/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>In
a complaint dated 4th September, 2001, the Complainant asked this
Commission to help him retrieve his salary which the Respondent had returned to
Government chest.<o:p></o:p>THE COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant stated that the Respondent had without any tangible reason, ordered
his salary amounting to ¢735,000.00 to be paid back to Government chest.<o:p></o:p>He
stated that the reason given to him was that he had solicited the assistance of
a friend at the Controller and Accountant-General's Department to help some
teachers obtain salary advance.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:103.5pt;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">He
stated further that his salary was frozen for 8 months. This made life
difficult for him. He now owes money lenders ¢2,000,000.00 which he attributes
to his District Director of Education.<o:p></o:p>THE COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION<o:p></o:p>The
Commission did not, as is usual practice, send for comments. This was because
the Complainant's petition had some attachments which addressed the issue.<o:p></o:p>The
Commission notes from the attachments that the Complainant was allegedly
involved in collecting salary advances from the Controller and
Accountant-General's Department (CAGD).<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
.45pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">Following
this, he was interdicted and was on half pay until he appeared before a
Disciplinary Committee. The recommendations of this Committee were as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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He had to provide a written undertaking not to involve himself in
such conduct as led to his interdiction.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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