The heat at the Ministry of Labor continues to increase in the wake of dissatisfaction and disenchantment in the corridors of the Ministry.
Following the end of the first conference hearing at the Civil Service Agency, a leak communication dated July 10, 2024, signed by Deputy Minister for Administration, Othello P. Mansuo ordered the dismissed employees not to enter the premises of the Ministry of Labor.
In the communication copy of which is on our possession with CC to the Deputy Minister of Planning and Manpower Development including all Assistant Ministers, Security Coordinator and the Human Resource Division, stated that the recently dismissed employees are continuously coming to their former offices something the communication termed as a fragrant disregard to the decision of the Administration.
” In view of the above, you are hereby mandated to prevent the dismissed employees from having access to their former offices and the corridor of the Ministry of Labor as allowing them to do so, is considered a conspiracy to undermine the decision of the administration “, the July 10, 2024 communication added.
The lastest decision came just two days after the end of the conference hearing conducted by the grievance committee of the Civil Service Agency between the four dismissed employees and the Labor Ministry represented by the Human Resource Manager Mehfel Dehkpah.
Following the end of the hearing , the grievance committee of the CSA ruled and recommended the opening of a full trial into the controversial Dismissal case at the Ministry.
According to the aggrieved employees, the latest decision by Deputy Minister Mansuo appears to be out of anger over their move to seek redress in what they maintained and described as their Wrongful and illegal dismissals.
As the Official date for the full opening of the case is yet to be confirmed by the CSA, the four dismissed employees to include: Edwin S. Seebo, Child Labor Section, Victor Whymah, Director of Planning, Samuel Samola, HIV/AIDS Section, Bill Ninneh, Office of the Assistant Minister of Planning and Raymond Saa, Inspector Division faith now lies in the final decision after the case from the Civil Service Agency as they re-emphasized that their dismissals were Wrongful and illegal.
