{"id":339414,"date":"2017-07-26T13:48:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T13:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=339414"},"modified":"2017-07-26T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T13:48:44","slug":"ec-finance-director-threatens-suit-over-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/ec-finance-director-threatens-suit-over-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"EC Finance Director threatens suit over ‘suspension’"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Electoral Commission may soon have a lawsuit on its hand if its embattled\u00a0Director of Finance, Dr. Joseph Kwaku Asamoah, is not reinstated following the directive to proceed on leave after the loss of some\u00a0GHc480,000\u00a0from the EC\u2019s Staff Endowment Fund.<\/p>\n
A letter to, dated July 13, 2017, from Dr. Asamoah\u2019s lawyers to the EC Chairperson threatened legal action if this demand was not met.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”oZzOY5nu75jROA0PDG4w8tOAGWdEKBHY”]The Economic and Organized Crime Office [EOCO] interrogated Dr. Asamoah and some other EC officials over their alleged involvement in the loss of the cash.<\/p>\n
In a response to the directive to proceed on leave, Dr. Asamoah, in his defence, wrote that he was neither at post as Director of Finance nor was he in any position to influence management\u2019s decision regarding financial administration of the Endowment Fund during the period of the alleged loss.<\/p>\n