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DANIEL MOORE APRAKUSU
V.
MINERALS COMMISSION

(2021) JELR 109107 (CA)

Court of Appeal 25 Nov 2021 Ghana
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- The appellant was employed as an internal auditor by the respondent. - The appellant was invited to appear before a special fact-finding committee regarding the respondent's accounts and accounting practices. - The appellant received a te

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL No: H2/234/2020
Judges:SENYO DZAMEFE J. A. P. BRIGHT MENSAH J. A. JENNIFER A. DODOO (MRS) J. A.
Counsel:Archie Martin Danso Jnr for Complainant/Appellant Joseph Dzakpasu for Respondent/Respondent

JUDGMENT

DODOO (MRS), JA

The Complainant/Appellant (who shall in this Judgment be referred to as the Appellant) was employed by the Respondent as its internal auditor per a letter of appointment dated 6th November, 2007 to take effect from 3rd December, 2007.  On 25th July, 2016 he was invited to appear before a special fact-finding Committee set up by the Respondent in relation to the Secretariat’s accounts and accounting practices.  He appeared before the committee on 2nd August, 2016 and following on that, received a letter dated 31st August, 2016 terminating his appointment on the ground that his “conduct does not meet the highest standard of efficiency and integrity required in the Commission’s Regulations.”  After exhausting all the internal mechanisms for redress, he filed a complaint of unfair termination before the Labour Commission (The Commission).  The sole relief was for reinstatement effective from the date of his termination.

It was his complaint that the procedure used in…

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