TANKO AMADU vs. BRA-GHA (GH.) COMPANY LTD. [2011]DLNLC7702

Date	2011-02-09
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2011]DLNLC7702

[2011]DLNLC7702
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TANKO AMADU<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BRA-<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B050">GHA (GH.) COMPANY LTD.<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
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mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">Our Ref: NLC/C-342/07/2011/25J&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 9TH FEBRUARY, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>FOR THE COMMISSON: <o:p></o:p>PAUL OSEI-MENSAH (MEMBER, NLC)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DECISION <o:p></o:p>

</div>Considering the petition
filed by TANKO AMADU (hereinafter called Petitioner) against
BRA GHA (GH) COMPANY LIMITED (hereinafter called Respondent) on 22nd June,
2009, and the Respondent's submission dated 12th August, 2009; <o:p></o:p>Considering Sections 138
and 139 of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act
651) on the functions and powers of the National Labour Commission (NLC); <o:p></o:p>The Commission invited
the parties for a hearing but the Respondent failed to appear. The Commission therefore heard the Petitioner. <o:p></o:p>Having examined the
written submissions of the Petitioner and the Respondent, the facts of the case
and the pleadings may be summed up as follows: <o:p></o:p>FACTS: <o:p></o:p>The Petitioner submitted that he was employed as a Senior Security Officer with the Respondent effective 1st June, 2005. <o:p></o:p>That whilst on duty on Wednesday, 27th May, 2009, with another guard by name Christian, some officials
of Electricity Company of Ghana came looking for the General Manager (GM). <o:p></o:p>According to the
Petitioner, Christian told them that the GM was not in his office and so they
left. He further submitted that as soon as the
officials left the GM came down from his office and started blaming him
(Petitioner) that he was the one that made them go although he (Petitioner) was
aware that he (GM) was in his office. Petitioner claimed that he told the GM
that he wasn't the one who told the officials from Electricity Company of Ghana
to go but he (GM) insisted that the Petitioner told them
he was not in and they left so he was fired. <o:p></o:p>Petitioner submitted
that he told the GM that he wasn't the one</main>