[2023]DLNLC17170 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.15pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00AF50">IN THE MATTER OF FRANCIS DANSO & BRAKO KINGSLEY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.15pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00AF50;letter-spacing:-.25pt">vs.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.1pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00AF50">GA NORTH MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.1pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">[NLC]<o:p></o:p></span></b></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: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.1pt;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Our<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Ref:<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> NLC/C-143/020/2023/2 </span>5th MAY, 2023<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">FOR THE COMMISSION: <o:p></o:p></span></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: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU (RTD.)CHAIRMAN<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 1.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></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: 0cm; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.05pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:474.9pt;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt">RULING <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%"> </span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%">Brief<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span>facts<span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">case</span></span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:105%">This<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>commenced by<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>two<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt"> </span>complainants, Francis<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Danso<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Kingsley<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Brako<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>who filed<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt"> </span>petition<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>the then<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span>Ga<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>West<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>Municipal<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>Assembly<span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span>Respondent,<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">removing</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> their<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>names<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>from the payroll of the Respondent Assernbly<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>at the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>Economic<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Organized</span> Crime<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>Office<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>(EOCO)<span style="letter-spacing:2.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>Accra.<span style="letter-spacing:2.05pt"> </span>EOCO<span style="letter-spacing:2.05pt"> </span>after<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>careful<span style="letter-spacing:2.05pt"> </span>study<span style="letter-spacing:2.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.8pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>petition,<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>formed<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">the</span> opinion<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>issues<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>raised<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>petition<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>labour<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>related<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>might<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>fall<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>within <span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">the</span> mandate<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>National<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Labour<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Commission<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>so<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>referred<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>together<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>the accompanying<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt"> </span>documents<span style="letter-spacing:3.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>Commission<span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt"> </span>per<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>letter<span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span>dated<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>17<span style="position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span></span>March,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.8pt"> </span>2020<span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">for</span> consideration<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>determination<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">dispute.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:105%">In a<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>letter<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>dated 23<span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">rd<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span></span>March, 2020,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt"> </span>Commission<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>sent<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>copy<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>petition to<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt"> </span>Ga<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>West Municipal<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>Assembly<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>requesting<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>send its written<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span>response<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span>petition<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt">any</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> relevant<span style="letter-spacing:2.7pt"> </span>documents<span style="letter-spacing:2.8pt"> </span>within<span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span>fourteen<span style="letter-spacing:2.65pt"> </span>(14)<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>working<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span>days<span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span>of<span style="l