CDD Ghana, GII, TUC, GJA, SEND-Ghana, GIBA etal to hit the streets over RTI

Major Civil society groups in the country are billed to hit the streets soon to protest the delay by parliament in passing the Right to Information Bill (RTI). They include include Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Africa Office, Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), PenPlusBytes, SEND-Ghana, Civil […]

Media Coalition on RTI and Occupy Ghana declare every Friday Red Friday to protest delay in passing RTI Bill

The Media Coalition on Right to Information, the Coalition of Right to Information, Ghana and Occupy Ghana have announced Friday 30th November 2018 and every other Friday before Christmas as RTI red Friday (#RTIRedFriday). This will be interspersed with street advocacies and visits to Parliament on selected days within this period to press home the […]

Just in: how police and military destroyed RTI placards and arrested Elvis Darko today-full details here

A member of the interim steering committee of the Media Coalition on the Right To Information Bill, Elvis Darko was today arrested by a joint police and military team for wielding and showing placards opposite parliament house. The RTI team strategically chose the pavement in front of the Accra International Conference Centre because they wanted […]

RTI Bill: coalition accuse MP’s of frustrating passage of Bill, cite KT Hammond and Sam George of leading the charge

The Media Coalition on the Right to Information Bill (RTI) have accused Members of Parliament of deliberately frustrating the passage of the Bill, with the ruling New Patriotic Party’s KT Hammond and the opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Sam George leading the charge of frustrating the process. In a statement issued a while ago by […]

RTI: drafted in 1999, sent to parliament in 2010, withdrawn and laid 5 times, yet to be passed-why are gov’ts afraid?

The inexcusably long delay by successive governments under the Fourth Republican Constitution to pass this law suggests to us that governments are simply afraid to pass a law that will help actualise a right that the Constitution has already given to Ghanaians. Unless and until the law is passed, Ghanaians are entitled to conclude that […]