The National Service Authority (NSA) has gone to court for the second time seeking to secure another injunction to prevent The Fourth Estate from publishing a series of investigative stories scheduled for release this month.
The officials of the Authority say should the court allow the Media Foundation for West Africa's accountability journalism project, The Fourth Estate, to publish an investigation it conducted into its activities without hearing its side of the story, it would suffer "irreparable harm". "That the reputations of the applicant [NSA] and its management will be soiled if the respondents [MFWA and others] are allowed to proceed with their threatened publication and if it later turns out to be a false story, the injury and reputational damage occasioned cannot be reversed," the NSA prayed the court.
The Fourth Estate has repeatedly communicated its willingness to engage NSA officials, offering them the opportunity to provide their perspective on the investigative findings.
These efforts included official letters, in-person engagements, and telephone calls.
