BISMARK BRAIMAH FRIKO vs. JOHN GODSON ADUAKYE ANS 2 ORS [2023]DLHC16040

Date	2023-02-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HR/0025/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16040

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS.)

HAMDIYAH MOHAMMED HOLDING BRIEF FOR MARTIN KPEBU FOR APPLICANT –PRESENT

STEPHEN OPOKU WITH HIM EUNICE AKOM SAMPENE

PATRICK DADZIE BAAH AND WILLIAMS OKRAH FOR 1ST AND 2ND RESPONDENTS – PRESENT

[2023]DLHC16040
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BISMARK
BRAIMAH FRIKO <o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOHN GODSON
ADUAKYE ANS 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION,
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. HR/0025/2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 2ND FEBRUARY 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>HAMDIYAH
MOHAMMED HOLDING BRIEF FOR MARTIN KPEBU FOR APPLICANT –PRESENT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">STEPHEN OPOKU WITH HIM EUNICE AKOM
SAMPENE, PATRICK DADZIE BAAH AND WILLIAMS OKRAH FOR 1ST AND 2ND RESPONDENTS –
PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY
(MRS.)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>&nbsp;1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PARTIES <o:p></o:p>Applicant is a Chief Information
Technology Specialist at the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA),
Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, hereafter referred to as the Agency; 1st
Respondent is the Regional Head of the Agency in Bolgatanga, while 2nd
Respondent is the Chief Executive Officer and over all head of the Agency and
based in the Headquarters, Accra. 3rd Respondent is the Attorney
General and Legal Representative of the State who per Order 67Rule 2(2) of the
High Court ( Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 C.I 47 is required to be served with
a copy of an application for the enforcement of fundamental human rights. <o:p></o:p>2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SUBJECT MATTER OF THE APPLICATION<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Facts of the Matter <o:p></o:p>The Applicant is a Chief Information
Technology Specialist at the Community Water and Sanitation Agency in
Bolgatanga, Upper East Region. He claims that by virtue of his position, he is
the senior-most in rank after the 1st Respondent. However, the 1st
and 2nd Respondents have subjected him to systemic and systematic discrimination,
unfair treatment and abuse of his dignity at the workplace. The specific acts
complained of are;<o:p></o:p>(a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">That on four occasions, he was passed over in appointing an employee into
an acting position. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">&nbsp;(b)