About 205 directors of the National Service Scheme (NSS) who were dismissed by the Akufo-Addo’s government have filed a suit at the labour high court challenging their dismissal.
The sacked staff proceeded with the court action claiming there was no board in place to sanction the decision as required by the NSS Act.
EIB’s Wilberforce Asare reported that the State Attorneys asked the court for additional time to file their statement in opposition to the application and also sought leave to file an application for the whole suit to be dismissed because it lacks merit.
The labour court granted their request and has subsequently adjourned the matter to April 5, 2017 for hearing.
The Service in a statement on Wednesday February 8, 2017 revoked the appointments of the 205 recruits.
“The management of the National Service Scheme (NSS), has on the advice of the Minister of Education, withdrawn the National Service staff recruitment which was done in December 2016 with immediate effect.
“This decision is informed by a thorough consideration of violations of due process prior to recruitment. These included petitions to the Public Services Commission (PSC) against the recruitment process upon which the PSC in a letter dated 16th November, 2016, advised the former Ag. Executive Director to halt the recruitment process until the matter was properly resolved. This was however ignored and the appointment letters were issued to some persons on 15th December, 2016,” the statement said.
By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM
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About 205 directors of the National Service Scheme (NSS) who were dismissed by the Akufo-Addo’s government have filed a suit at the labour high court challenging their dismissal. The sacked staff proceeded with the court action claiming there was no board in place to sanction the decision as required by the NSS Act. EIB’s Wilberforce […]
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