General News of Tuesday, 26 March 2019Source: citinewsroom.comParliament finally passes RTI Billplay videoParliament has approved the RTI billParliament has finally passed the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law. The RTI Bill had been in Parliament for close to two decades despite calls from the media and civil society groups for its passage. The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised during the 2016 election campaign to pass the Bill if it won power. The NPP government has since it came into office being under pressure from civil society groups to pass the Bill into law. RTI bill passage to cost GHc 750 millionThe implementation of the RTI in Ghana has been estimated to cost GHc 750 million over five years, according to a report by the Research Department of Parliament in 2017.

Source: GhanaWeb March 26, 2019 20:48 UTC