General News of Tuesday, 26 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comParliament approves RTI Billplay videoThe House passed the bill on Tuesday eveningParliament has approved the Right to Information Bill (RTI). The RTI Bill was first drafted in 1999, reviewed in 2003, 2005 and 2007 but was only presented to Parliament in 2010. Momentum, however, to get the bill passed gathered in 2017 following the formation of the Media Coalition on RTI and other bodies which have in the past 11 months, piled pressure on Parliament to pass it. Some members of Parliament had feared that the passage of the Bill will rob government of confidential information. But it appears the Speaker of Parliament and government have kept to their assurances of getting the Bill passed.

Source: GhanaWeb March 26, 2019 21:11 UTC