General News of Tuesday, 21 May 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghAkufo-Addo signs RTI Bill into LawPresident Nana Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appended his signature to the Right to Information Bill (RTI) to make it a law. To President Akufo-Addo, he was optimistic that the law will enhance good governance. Parliament passed the bill in March 2019 after about two decades of advocacy for the law. The RTI Bill was first drafted in 1999, reviewed in 2003, 2005 and 2007 but was only presented to Parliament in 2010 and was not passed by that Parliament and the subsequent one. It was however relaid in Parliament in 2018 and was subsequently passed in March 2019

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