Sammi Awuku files RTI request over vessel linked to alleged drug trafficking

Akuapem North MP and Vice Chairman of Parliament’s Committee on Public Administration and State Interests, Sammi Awuku, has formally invoked the Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989), to demand detailed records from the Ghana Maritime Authority over the handling of a controversial vessel, MV Sankofa.


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