KK Sarpong: Edem Agbana slaps GNPC boss with Supreme Court suit
A citizen of Ghana, Mr Eric Edem Agbana has dragged the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr Kofi Koduah Sarpong to the Supreme Court for continuing to stay in office after attaining age 65.
In a writ filed at the Supreme Court on Friday, October 18, 2019, Mr Agbana is seeking among other reliefs a declaration that Dr Sarpong's continuous stay in office as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GNPC after attaining the age of 65 was a breach of Article 199 of the 1992 constitution.
Mr Agbana is also seeking an order for Dr Sarpong to pay back to the GNPC all salaries, allowances and benefits he obtained from the GNPC from the date of attaining the age of 65 years to date.
He further wants an order from the apex court for Dr Sarpong to resign immediately from his position as CEO of the GNPC.
Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo is the lawyer for Mr Agbana.
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What does Article 199 say?
Article 199 relates to the retiring age and pension of public officers.
Article 199 (1) states that: "A public officer shall, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, retire from the public service on attaining the age of sixty years".
GNPC Appointment
In February 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed Dr Sarpong as Acting Chief Executive Officer of GNPC.
He replaced Mr Alex Mould who had served as CEO since 2013.
Until his appointment, Dr Sarpong was the Chair of the Board of Directors of Royal Bank. Dr Sarpong has served in a number of executive, non-executive and advisory positions in many organisations, including the GCB Bank, the Merchant Bank among others.
Dr Sarpong is a Chartered Accountant, and holds a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies from the University of Warwick; M.Acc in International Accounting and Finance from the University of Glasgow.
Dr Sarpong is also an alumnus of the University of Ghana Business School having obtained his MBA and B.Sc (Administration) in Accounting, from the school.