{"id":1204272,"date":"2022-09-14T14:06:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/gacl-revises-interdiction-of-staff-who-searched-national-security-minister\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:06:44","slug":"gacl-revises-interdiction-of-staff-who-searched-national-security-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/gacl-revises-interdiction-of-staff-who-searched-national-security-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"GACL revises interdiction of staff who searched National Security Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) says it has revised its decision to interdict a staff who conducted a pre-boarding search on the National Security Minister.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement dated September 13, the GACL said the decision is due to \u201cfurther consultations and facts which have since come to its attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company noted that \u201cthe Committee of Enquiry shall proceed with its mandate as spelt out in the Convening Order\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Interdiction-Update.jpeg\" alt=\"GACL revises interdiction of staff who searched National Security Minister\" class=\"wp-image-10032170899 lazy\"  data- title=\"GACL revises interdiction of staff who searched National Security Minister\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A security officer at the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) was earlier interdicted for conducting a pre-boarding search on the National Security Minister.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter dated September 8, GACL explained that Awudu Basit\u2019s search of Albert Kan-Dapaah at the VVIP Lounge at the Kumasi Airport was embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p>The letter signed by the Company\u2019s officer in charge of human capital and officer service, R. S. Tagoe also noted that the search created a \u201cnegative impression\u201d for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn view of the negative impression it cast on the company\u2019s image and integrity, Management has decided to thoroughly investigate the circumstances leading to this incident,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>As a punitive measure, the GACL advised that Mr Basit \u201cwill be paid two-thirds of his salary during the period of interdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ghana-Airports-Company-Interdiction-730x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"GACL revises interdiction of staff who searched National Security Minister\" class=\"wp-image-10032170601 lazy\"  data- title=\"GACL revises interdiction of staff who searched National Security Minister\"\/><figcaption>The Ghana Airport Company\u2019s  letter of interdiction of Mr Awudu Basit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, some Ghanaians have expressed their sentiments about the interdiction.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the National Security Minister is not above the law, and therefore he is not beyond a search.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdzifa.gunu%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0kLvSFvj71hovZv5jzyRW1LTeuJ2JnE2VsVZkvFd9zCK5dUUdeNXMkTcjWqcAMimul&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"641\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Others have, however, criticised the said officer but condemned the resultant interdiction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Interdiction-reactions.png\" alt=\"GACL revises interdiction of staff who searched National Security Minister\" class=\"wp-image-10032170624 lazy\"  data- title=\"GACL revises interdiction of staff who searched National Security Minister\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) says it has revised its decision to interdict a staff who conducted a pre-boarding search on the National Security Minister. In a statement dated September 13, the GACL said the decision is due to \u201cfurther consultations and facts which have since come to its attention.\u201d The company noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1204273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}