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Ghana Parliamant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Coalition on the Right to Information, Ghana, has called for further amendment of portions of the Right to Information Bill which is before parliament.<\/p>\n

According to the group, the introduction of some clauses in the Bill defeats its purpose.<\/p>\n

The over a decade old bill was recently re-laid before the house.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to\u00a0Citi News, Programs Officer for the Coalition on the Right to Information, Esther Ahulu, emphasized some of their concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople think that the coalition is always raising new concerns, but these are not new. These are the concerns raised so many times. One of the concern is under the office of the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Ahulu, some of the clauses exempt the office of the president and vice president which the coalition frowns on.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026When you look at the good Right to Information law, it should be issue-based, not office-based. So you can\u2019t exclude the office of the president,\u201d she insisted.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Vice Chairman of Parliament\u2019s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of Committee, Alexander Abban, toldCiti News\u00a0that they are open to more suggestions.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of things have come up that we may not have given deeper consideration at the committee level so we will take all those on-board. We are still at consideration stage, and so if they want certain amendments, they can see individual MPs to file these amendments, and I\u2019m sure we can discuss them as we go through the consideration stage. It is not too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, more suggestions will help Parliament approve an RTI Bill which \u201cwill stand the test of time and that will be very credible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Background of RTI Bill<\/strong><\/p>\n

The RTI Bill, which is expected to make information easily accessible by the media and Ghanaians to boost the fight against corruption has been in legislation for well over 17 years now because successive governments have failed to implement it despite\u00a0several assurances<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The RTI coalition subsequently mounted pressure on the government to pass the Bill after several efforts to have it passed failed.<\/p>\n

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Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of Ghana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Revised RTI Bill approved, forwarded to Parliament \u2013 Bawumia<\/strong>
\nVice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, in March 2018 announced that a revised version of the RTI Bill has been\u00a0approved by Cabinet <\/strong><\/a>and sent to Parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cCabinet has approved the Right to Information Bill to be laid in Parliament for debate and approval because it is very critical that we pass the Right to Information Bill,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Source: Citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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