Fighting The Public, Not The Fires

GNFS officers interdicted for assaulting Class FM Journalist — Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed the interdiction of officers of the Ghana National Fire Service implicated in the assault of a Class Media journalist during coverage of a fire in Kasoa. Describing the incident as unacceptable and a violation of media freedom and professional standards, President Mahama emphasized that such conduct falls short of the expectations for security personnel. Source link The post GNFS officers interdicted f…

Assault on Class Media Journalist unacceptable – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has strongly condemned the assault on a journalist, describing such acts as unacceptable and stressing the need for firm action against offenders. Speaking on GTV monitored by MyNewsGh, the President reacted to recent reports of attacks on journalists, saying, “My views on that are known. I’m a journalist by training, and so there’s no way we can countenance the continued assault on journalists.” His comments follow…

President Mahama condemns attack on Class FM reporter, confirms interdiction of fire officers

President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed that officers of the Ghana National Fire Service involved in the assault of a Class FM reporter have been identified and interdicted. He described the incident as unacceptable and against the principles of media freedom and professionalism. He stressed that attacks on journalists will not be tolerated under any circumstances. The President, who noted that he is a journalist by training, stated that the…

Fighting The Public, Not The Fires

At a time when we should be commenting on critical national issues that would ensure good governance, we have been compelled to take a look at a crude and uncivilised conduct by firefighters as it unfolded at Kasoa last Monday. Ghana joined hands to condemn the antiquated brutality meted out on a lone journalist by some personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS). It was an imbecilic act of shame when persons who responded to an emergenc…