[ 2017-03-02 ]

Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery

I’ve not appointed a new Chief Fire Officer – Interior Minister
The Minister of Interior has dismissed reports
that he has sacked the head of the National Fire
Service, Chief Fire Officer, Dr. Albert Brown
Gaisie and replaced him with one Kwame Kwartin as
alleged by a newspaper known as Daybreak.

According to the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery,
the newspaper further lied that one DCFO William
Jesse Mensah, the former Head of Operations had
been asked to proceed on leave “unfairly”.

A statement released by the ministry has clarified
the issues and called on the paper to publish a
rejoinder and give it same prominence as it did
the false story.

The statement from the ministry said the minister
“has not appointed anyone to be Chief Fire
Officer.

The power to appoint rests with H.E the president.


“Dr. Albert Brown Gasie is still at post as the
Chief Fire Officer duly appointed since 16th
December, 2014….

“Mr. William Jesse Mensah, the former Head of
Operations, retires compulsorily from active
service on 12th September, 2017 prior to which he
is expected to proceed on leave as due process
requires. Consequently a letter was issued to him
to do same, bearing in mind his annual and
terminal leaves.

“It is worth noting that Mr. Jesse Mensah was
given prior notice of his impending retirement in
August 2016.”

The Ministry expressed sadness that the newspaper
would politicize this simple issue of following
due process by asking an officer due for
compulsory retirement to proceed on Annual and
Terminal leaves.

It said it was unfortunate that the “Chief
Director, Mrs. Anno-Kumi is being vilified in a
section of the media as a result of this utterly
false publication. Mrs. Anno-Kumi is only a Civil
Servant doing her duty and should be left out of
this matter.”

Source - 3news.com

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