Robert Dodoo

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| name = Robert Dodoo

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| birth_name = Robert Nii Djan Dodoo

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1934}}

| birth_place = Accra, Gold Coast

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|20|1934|df=yes}}

| death_place = Korle-Bu

| nationality = Ghanaian

| other_names =

| occupation = Public Servant, University lecturer

| spouse = Grace Earlgina Dodoo

| children = 5

| education = Accra Academy

| alma_mater = University of Ghana

| known_for = Head of the Ghana Civil Service during first government of the 4th Republic

}}

Robert Nii Djan Dodoo (1934-2014) was a Ghanaian civil servant.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-12-30 |title=Former Head Of Civil Service Passes On |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/social/201512/265234.php |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=PeaceFmOnline. |language=en-US}} He was Head of the Civil Service from 1994 to 2001 during Jerry Rawlings civilian rule.{{cite web |date= |title=Past Heads |url=http://www.ohcs.gov.gh/past-heads |access-date= |website=Ohcs Government Of Ghana}} He had served previously as executive director of the Price and Incomes Board.{{cite web |title=Proceedings of the IRMT Ghana |url=http://www.irmt.org/IRMT_info_acct_ghana.PDF |access-date=4 October 2021 |publisher=irmt.}}

After Rawlings exit from the presidency, he was accused and faced trial for financial loss to the state.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=14 April 2005 |title=Dodoo goes to Supreme Court over 70 million cedis case |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/crime/Dodoo-goes-to-Supreme-Court-over-70-million-cedis-case-79293 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=GhanaWeb |publisher= |quote=}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2005-06-21 |title=Dr. Dodoo's Case Is Adjourned Again After 4 Years |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/80478/dr-dodoos-case-is-adjourned-again-after-4-years.html |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=ModernGhana. |language=en-US}}{{cite web |date= |title=Dr Robert Dodoo refused to take advice – Witness |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/52392/dr-robert-dodoo-refused-to-take-advice-witness.html |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=ModernGhana. |publisher=}} He made a return to government office as Chairperson of the Civil Service Council under the presidential administrations of John Atta-Mills and John Mahama, {{cite web |last= |first= |date=9 September 2009 |title=Civil Service Council inaugurated |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Civil-Service-Council-inaugurated-168379 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=GhanaWeb. |publisher= |quote=}} {{cite web |last= |first= |date=19 August 2021 |title=Mills names members of 17 boards, commissions, councils |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Mills-names-members-of-17-boards-commissions-councils-167326 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=Ghanaweb. |publisher= |quote=}} and was also a member of the National Development Planning Commission.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=16 July 2010 |title=Mills inaugurates reconstituted members of NDPC |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Mills-inaugurates-reconstituted-members-of-NDPC-186241 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=GhanaWeb. |publisher= |quote=}}{{cite web |last= |first= |date=7 October 2010 |title=Media urged to sell Development Agenda to Ghanaians |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Media-urged-to-sell-Development-Agenda-to-Ghanaians-194869 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=GhanaWeb. |publisher= |quote=}}

==Civil Service==

Dodoo worked as executive director of the Prices and Incomes Board, a subverted organization in Accra prior to the Fourth Ghanaian Republic.

In 1994, Dodoo was appointed to be Head of the Civil Service. Since he was not a career civil servant, his appointment sparked controversy.{{cite web|title=Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector in Ghana|author1=Richard Asante |author2=E.Gyimah-Boadi |url=https://unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/8509496C0F316AB1C1256ED900466964/$file/Asante%20(small).pdf|publisher=United Nations Research Institute for Social Development|year=2004|page=90}}

In 2001, the NPP administration of John Kufuor requested Dodoo to proceed on leave, and to hand over to K. Obeng Adofo who was chief director of the Office of the Head of Civil Service.

Dodoo was subsequently put on trial by the Kufuor administration for causing financial loss to state. The case gained a lot of media attention. Dodoo pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him in court. The judge who presided over the case was Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson.{{cite web |date=21 July 2004 |title=Ghana: Ex-Civil Service Boss On Trial |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200407210593.html |access-date=23 April 2023 |publisher=allafrica.}}

==References==

Category:1934 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:Alumni of the Accra Academy

Category:Ga-Adangbe people

Category:Ghanaian civil servants