General News of Saturday, 17 March 2018Source: citifmonline.comKyei Mensah-Bonsu blocked passage of RTI bill – George LohGeorge Loh, former Member of Parliament for North DayFormer Vice Chairperson on Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, George Loh, has accused the Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, of obstructing the passage of the Right to Information Bill (RTI) when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was in power. RTI bill could be passed within three daysHe noted that at that level, the bill could have been passed into law within three days, but for the Minority’s resistance. “Let me give information about what we did on the RTI bill. Efforts by several advocacy groups to put pressure on the duty bearers to have the bill passed have also not yielded any positive results. Cabinet yet to hold talks on RTI bill – HamidInformation Minister, Mustapha Hamid, in January 2018 claimed that Cabinet had not held discussions on the RTI bill.

Source: GhanaWeb March 17, 2018 11:48 UTC