NSA secures court order to stop The Fourth Estate’s exposé on its dealings

The National Service Authority (NSA) management has secured a 10-day injunction to prevent The Fourth Estate from publishing a series of investigative stories scheduled for December 3, 2024.

In a Fourth Estate blog post sighted by GhanaEducation.org, it said about 12 hours before the first publication, a court bailiff served the Media Foundation for West Africa, the organisation that runs The Fourth Estate project, with an injunction from the High Court.

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, the Defendant/Respondents, its privies, servants, agents, assigns and interested parties are hereby restrained from putting out any purported investigative report concerning the Plaintiff/Applicant and its staff until their side of the subject matter of the investigations is heard and included in the said report,” the injunction document stated.

The injunction comes after The Fourth Estate on Friday, November 29, 2024, announced that it would be publishing a series of investigative reports on the National Service Authority (NSA).

However, the management of the National Service Authority (NSA) filed an injunction application today, December 2, and secured a court order on the blind side of The Fourth Estate to prevent the publication this week.