News:
May 9, 2018
Joint committee on Constitutional Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee and the Communications committee would present the Right to Information (RTI) Bill 2018 back to the committee on Tuesday 15th of May 2018.
After a stakeholders meeting in Parliament on the 8th of May 2018 to take on board views of civil society on the re-introduced Bill.
The Joint committee would meet in Koforidua from Wednesday the 9th of May, 2018 to look at the Bill clause by clause, taking on board views of civil society and present their report to the plenary for approval.
The joint committee determined that the Right to Information Bill 2018 could not be taken under a certificate of urgency, saying they wanted to give an opportunity to civil society to make input to the Bill to enrich it to stand the test of time.
Ranking on Constitutional Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Inusah Fuseini said their doors are still open to civil society with additional views they want to submit to the committee.
Some groups that appear before the committee for the stakeholders conference are Ghana Journalist Association, Commonwealth Human Right Embassy of the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com