President John Dramani Mahama has responded to a petition filed by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) seeking disciplinary action against senior presidential staffer, Mr Stan Dogbe.
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Mahama to deal with MFWA petition against presidential staffer
The Secretary to the President, Mr Kwesi Quartey, has indicated that President Mahama has received the petition and will respond to it appropriately.
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This was contained in a letter addressed to the MFWA and copied to the National Media Commission (NMC).
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in October 2015 initiated a move to solicit the support of journalists so as to be able to petition President John Dramani Mahama to institute punitive measures against presidential staffer Stan Dogbe.
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The Secretary to the President, Mr Kwesi Quartey, has subsequently indicated that President Mahama has received the petition and will respond to it appropriately.
“I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 14th October, 2015 addressed to His Excellency the President on the above subject. His Excellency has taken note of the concerns raised in the letter. He wishes me to assure the Media Foundation that due attention would be paid to the matter in the interest of protecting the reputation of the Presidency,” the letter from the President’s secretary stated.
The Presidential staffer, is believed to have seized and destroyed a journalist’s recording equipment at the 37 military hospital.
The GBC journalist had gone to the hospital to follow-up on development around the Presidential press corps who had been involved in a serious accident that left one journalist dead and others serious injured.
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Some 155 journalists from over 40 media organisations across the country, have already petitioned President Mahama to demand sanctions against his staffer, Mr. Stan Dogbe.
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