The editor of the Herald newspaper, Mr Larry Alans Dogbey is challenging the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr Kofi Koduah Sarpong, in court.
According to Mr Dogbey, the laws of the country were breached when Dr Sarpong was appointed as CEO of GNPC because he had attained the compulsory retirement age of 60 at the time of his appointment.
He said at the time of his appointment, Dr Sarpong was 63 years.
He is also arguing that Dr Sarpong’s appointment as caretaker CEO of GNPC by the president through the then-minister-designate of energy, Mr Boakye Agyarko, who had, at the time, not taken office as minister, was a clear contravention of Article 80 of the Constitution of Ghana and section 10(6) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Act 1983 (PNDCL 64).
According to the plaintiff, the appointment of Dr Sarpong was from the outset, a nullity, adding that the attorney general, who is the second defendant, shirked his duty, hence the appointment of Dr Sarpong as CEO of GNPC at a time that he was 63 and now 67 years.
The plaintiff is of the opinion that Dr Sarpong’s appointment at 63 and his continuous stay in office at 67, offends PNDCL 64, especially section 27 and Article 199 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and the Labour Law (Act 651).
The suit said Dr Sarpong will continue to stay in office if the court does not compel the appointing authorities to terminate his appointment.
The editor, therefore, wants the court to declare Dr Sarpong’s appointment as CEO of GNPC illegal and of no effect.
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