GNFS refuses to release information on Atomic gas explosion, GRA fire despite RTI requests - MFWA claims
Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has declined to release information relating to the Atomic gas explosion fire incident and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) office fire at Circle, despite formal requests made under the Right to Information (RTI) law. According to Kwaku Krobea Asante, Programme Manager for the Independent Journalism Project at the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), the information was requested by MFWA's The Fourth Estate. The GNFS stated it could not disclose the requested information on the grounds that it contained "third-party issues."
Mr. Asante said that he requested information from them (GNFS) to say if the report that was finally put together when you did your investigation, what we can learn from it as a country. He also said, "What happened at Circle? The GRA office that got burnt, we also requested information on that [but the information was not released]." Mr. Asante claimed that "At the time, the Ghana National Fire Service argued that the information had third parties involved."
The matter was subsequently escalated to the Right to Information (RTI) Commission, which reportedly imposed a fine of GH¢50,000 on the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) over its refusal to release the requested information.
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The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) is in hot water with the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) - and it involves some major fire incidents. MFWA tried to use the Right to Information (RTI) law to get to the bottom of things - but hit a wall.
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