The National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has criticized the West African Media Foundation (WAMF) and its investigative platform, The Fourth Estate, accusing them of engaging in fear and panic journalism over their recent exposé on alleged ghost names at the National Service Authority (NSA).
Speaking on the issue, Nana Boakye described the report as "lazy work", arguing that the Fourth Estate failed to conduct due diligence on the data they obtained from the NSA.
According to him, a simple verification process could have yielded more accurate and detailed findings rather than what he described as a misleading exposé. "The NSA recruits service personnel annually from four categories: students from public and private universities, polytechnics (now technical universities), nurses, and teachers," he explained.
He noted that some students apply for service but do not show up for orientation, and it would be misleading to classify those absentees as ghost names without proper verification.
