Fire disasters can't halt fight against corruption - Bani

Prosper Douglas Kweku Bani, Chief of Staff, on Thursday said that no amount of fire disasters could halt government’s efforts to check corruption.

He said President John Dramani Mahama and Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Authur had been briefed on the fire disaster that destroyed the premises of the Old Parliament House early Thursday morning.

The Judgement Debt Commission, the Economics and Organised Crime Unit and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice are housed in the building.

Mr Bani made the remark during a press briefing in Accra by security forces to inform the public on the fire outbreak that affected the above institutions.

Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, said government would ensure that all the anti-corruption agencies were well protected to enable them to continue with their work.

Mr Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Inspector General of Police, said his men were on the ground to provide adequate security at the premises.

Vice Admiral Matthew Quarshie, Chief of Defence Staff, said the 48 Engineering Regiment of the GAF would undertake a study of the building to ascertain the level of structural damage.

Dr Albert Brown Gaisie, Deputy Chief Fire Officer of the Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service, said his outfit would be conducting investigations into the fire disaster and would soon come out with the findings.

He said 100 fire officers used six fire tenders and four water tankers to bring the fire under control.