CHRAJ director of finance under pressure

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Ms. Lauretta V. Lamptey
Ms. Lauretta V. Lamptey

Staff of CHRAJ demonstrating against the at the CHRAJ headquarters?

CHRAJWorkers of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) yesterday staged a sit-down strike to protest what they described as the ?abysmal human relations practices? of the Director of Finance of the commission, Mr Kenneth Agbezuhlor.

The workers said effective corporate human relations was vital to an institution responsible for human rights administration and justice.

But Mr Agbezuhlor, they claimed, had made himself a ?tin god? who had no regard for anyone and, therefore, dealt with staff in a contemptuous manner.

Dressed in red and with red bands on their arms, legs and around the head, they yelled out slogans such as: ?Accountant, Y?abr? wo?, ?Accountant go?, ?He must go?, among others.

The protesters marched, shouted and sang in the inner yard of the commission, drawing the attention of passers-by.

Briefing the press, the National President of the staff association at CHRAJ, Mr Micheal Nkansah, said the protest formed part of the fight against the non-payment of the wages of casual staff, medical bills, incidental expenses and others.

He said although there were challenges confronting the commission, the level of intransigence exhibited by Mr Agbezuhlor to the staff was nothing to write home about.

Additionally, he said, with CHRAJ being a human rights institution, respect and dignity should be the key driver of any individual who formed part of the commission, but Mr Agbezuhlor?s consistent negative behaviour had defied all corporate behaviour.

?If there is no money, at least show us some respect,? he stated.

Mr Nkansah said a petition had been submitted to the management for the accountant to be removed.

Reacting to the concerns of the workers, Mr Agbezuhlor described the agitation by the staff for his replacement as an expression of free speech.

He said, however that there were other challenges confronting the commission on which people could demonstrate, not for his replacement.

He said 2014 had been a challenging year for the public sector accountant because of the situation the country faced with regard to the scarcity of financial resources.

?Once their wages had not been settled, automatically I am the target?, he said, and explained that there was no money to make those payments.

He said the commission was facing challenges even with power supply because there was no money to buy prepaid electricity.

Touching on his human relations, Mr Agbezuhlor said with CHRAJ being a human rights institution, if a worker had an issue with a co-worker, he/she had the avenue to forward a complaint to the management.

He said as far as he knew, none of the workers had reported his misconduct to the management for him to be queried.

?No one is perfect and one way or another I may offend someone, but that doesn?t mean that is my usual habit,? Mr Agbezuhlor added.

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