Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, former Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat (NSS), has asked some 205 recruits who have been dismissed by the new administration to seek justice in court.
“I will advise that all those individuals should not just take the decision at it is…If they have been written to individually then they should consult their lawyers and see what legal remedies are available to them… They have more than a case because when you have gone through all the processes by the Public Services Commission itself, as required by the constitution …and because some party wins power and uses some ‘patapaa’ way of getting them out of the place, are they also not Ghanaians? The legal system has more than what it takes to resolve this matter amicably,” he told Emefa Apawu on Class FM’s 505 on Wednesday, February 8.
He was reacting to a press release which indicated that the new administration at the Secretariat had sacked all last-minute recruits engaged by him in December last year just before the Mahama administration left office after losing the December 7 polls.
A letter to that effect signed by acting Executive Director Ussif Mustapha, released on Wednesday, February 8, said the management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) acted “on the advice of the Minister of Education” to “withdraw the National Service staff recruitment which was done in December, 2016 with immediate effect”.
The letter further said there had been “violations of due process to the recruitment” hence the decision” to terminate the employment offers.
However Dr Kpessa-Whyte insisted that due process was followed and no law was infringed upon.
According to him, the Public Services Commission and the Ministry of Finance granted a clearance but cautioned the scheme not to conduct any recruitments after December 31, 2016, which it adhered to.
He was of the view that the “new administration should ask more questions and get all documents, otherwise we will end up with an embarrassment”.
He pointed out that the details concerning recruitment were outlined in his handing over notes.
”The people who have been recruited have been legally and properly recruited as established by the Public Services Commission. The Board has the right to recruit and the Board has done that. The new management is being deceived into taking a decision on the basis of wrong information,” he added.
Dr Whyte refuted allegations of recruiting his favourites before leaving office, describing the allegations as “rubbish”.
He explained that to avoid political or other interference, the board contracted a third party recruitment firm to undertake the exercise.
“In doing so, they made sure that senior members of the Ghana Civil Service sat on the recruitment committee, members of the National Service board sat on the interview committee, and at least one member of the management body sat on the interview committee as well. How could all these people sitting on the committee physically approve some people that are my favourites?” he asked.
For him the country is “just witnessing the emergence of lawlessness, disorder and an affront to our democratic beliefs and I believe that Ghanaians are quietly watching and at the right time Ghanaians will know what we have as change”.
Source: classfm
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Mr Kpessa- Whyte you don't feel ashamed of yourself. You're a disgrace to your family, your friends, loved ones, community and the nation. Bow your head down.
Siaaaaa.....montie 3 issue on my mind. who say man no dey!!!
they just click undo ,good work nana addo ,npp onapo
NEVER THINK THAT NPP WILL ALLOW THAT YOUR ATUGUBA TO DO WHAT HE DID DURING THE ELECTION PETITION. WE ALSO CONSULTED OUR BRILLIANT LAWYERS BEFORE COMING OUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THE LAW MORE THAN WHAT YOU THINK.
So this ***barred word*** still has the ordersity to talk about the shambolic recruitment he did before leaving office? My view is that firstly, kpesa has to be prosecuted for dolling out 100,000 ghs to zormelo becausethe whole payment is a clear case of create and share. I entreat the new management to probe the account of Zormelo to establish whoever they have paid monies to.and for what purpose. Again,evidence abounds that he recruited his campaign team members some of whom are serving on extension and do not even meet the requirements which was advertised by the scheme.It is therefore surprising that Zormelo will select individuals who could not meet the basic requirement yet they were selected ahead of people who rather qualified. Again,is it not surprising that most of the appointment letters were without portfolios. I will plead with the new management to thoroughly investigate this guy in the awarding and printing of ID cards as well as the purchasing of vehicles for the scheme as well as the 20% administrative charges during his tenure. The sheeps ate our meat so a cat was brought to guard it...
Malafaka !!!;;
Mr whyte, why did you not employ them before or during campaign but after you lost the election. Twea let them go to court and they will lose. This is even a tip of the iceberg. Some 120 people from the sports council suffered same when mills won the election for ndc in 2009. Am one of them. Am I also not a human being. Our appointment letters were revoked. Idioooot whyte
Mr Kpessa- Whyte , so what stopped you from employing all these people before the elections? Stop hiding behind the constitution and use your brains.