The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa, has inaugurated the Governing Board of the Right to Information Commission at a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency. The Commission is chaired by Mr. Justice K.A. Ofori-Atta, a retired High Court Judge of good repute, with its Executive Secretary being Mr Yaw […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 21st May, 2019, gave assent to Right to Information Act, at a brief event at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency. In his remarks, before giving assent to the Act, President Akufo-Addo expressed his satisfaction that the passing of the Act came […]
The Right To Information, OcuppyGhana, and the Media Coalition on RTI have implored parliament to consider the immeasurable and enormous benefits of passing the Right To Information Bill into law, rather than keeping it on hold because of the high cost of implementing it. According to the groups, a document they sighted from the research […]
The Speaker of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Aaron Michael Ocquaye seems to have had enough of the pressure and has warned Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and pressure groups to back off with the pressure being exerted on the legislature for the passage of the Right To Information (RTI) Bill. ‘’Recently when parliament is still working […]
The Media Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Bill will tomorrow, Friday November 30 2018 begin their planned road action to sensitise the generality of the Ghanaian people on the importance of the Bill and why they must play a part to pressure parliament to pass it. Already, they Coalition has secured an approval […]
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 […]
Pressure group, Occupy Ghana has assured New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region, Kwabena Tahiru Hammond that the Right to Information Bill (RTI) is for the national good and there is no need for any resistance. The MP has publicly stated his opposition to the passage of the Bill […]
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 […]
For the second time in less than a week, the Consideration Stage of the RTI Bill had to be brought to an abrupt end because a sworn opponent to the Bill, Mr. K. T. Hammond (MP, Adansi Asokwa), raised the issue of quorum. In today’s instance, there were only 43 MPs (including the 2nd Deputy […]
Majority leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has given a firm assurance that the legislature will conclude work on the Right to Information Bill (RTI) by the end of the year (December). According to him, the plan was to deal with it while they were recalled to the house to attend […]
Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Banda Constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, Ahmed Ibrahim Banda has indicated that the only way to ensure corruption is nabbed in the country is for the Right to Information Bill (RTI) to be passed into law. According to him, existing anti-corruption institutions including the Economic […]
