JOSEPH KOFI ARNUMU AND GILFORD WOOLHOUSE NUNOO V. ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA

KUSI-APPIAH

This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Accra dated 5 July, 2004, where the trial court dismissed the plaintiffs claims.

On 7 March, 2001, the plaintiffs, numbering 50, who were ex-employees of the defendant company issued a writ of summons (suit No. C 235/2001) against the defendant, Electricity Company of Ghana, claiming the following reliefs:-

“(1) Severance award being entitlements due and owing to plaintiffs by virtue of their Collective Agreement with the defendants.

(2) General damages for breach of contract.

(3) Interest on the severance awards.”

On two separate occasions in 1989 and 1991, the defendant/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the defendant), a Limited Liability Company registered under the laws of Ghana to sell and distribute electricity throughout Ghana, embarked on a restructure or staff reduction exercise which resulted in over 900 staff including the plaintiffs /appellants (hereinafter called the plaintiffs) being laid off or losing the…