General News of Friday, 22 March 2019Source: citinewsroom.comProposed amendments not to blame for delay of passage of RTI Bill – CoalitionMember of Right to Information Coalition, Dr. Kojo AsanteThe Right to Information (RTI) Coalition has said its proposed amendments to the RTI Bill are not to blame for any delay in the passage. “The Coalition of Right to Information are saying that they do not want it [RTI Bill] to be passed the way we have done it so they are bringing other things. The RTI Bill has been in Parliament for close to two decades but is yet to be passed despite calls from the media and civil society groups. The passage of the Bill has delayed in recent times due to contentions over the period of operationalization. Coalition calls for further amendments to RTI BillThree advocacy groups bent on seeing to it that the Right to Information Bill (RTI) is passed into law had earlier demanded new changes to the Bill to align with the 1992 constitution.

Source: GhanaWeb March 22, 2019 12:22 UTC