General News of Friday, 22 March 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comRTI: New amendments presented by CSOs delaying passage of Bill – MPplay videoMP for BandaParliament on Thursday during the house’s sitting had to postpone motion and consideration of the long standing Right To Information Bill yet again. Speaker of the Legislative House, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye called for the removal of the Bill from the motion paper after the reading of the Bill. His action was necessitated by the Civil Society Organisation’s decision to make additional proposals to be inserted into the bill. The draft Executive Bill was subsequently reviewed in 2003, 2005 and 2007 but was never laid in Parliament until February 5, 2010. Government came under massive pressure to get the bill laid following fears that government was deliberately delaying the process.

Source: GhanaWeb March 22, 2019 11:26 UTC