General News of Sunday, 7 October 2018Source: Myjoyonline.com'Read and Understand RTI Bill before it is passed'- Oppong Nkrumah to GIJ StudentsKojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister for Information designateMinister for Information designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has challenged citizens to read and understand the RTI bill even before it is passed into law. The Minister was addressing students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism in Accra on the topic, the Right to Information Bill, the role of Stakeholders. The RTI when passed should curtail these obstructions” he told the GIJ students. Commitment of GovernmentKojo Oppong-Nkrumah said the Akufo-Addo administration is making frantic efforts to ensure the RTI bill is passed into law before Parliament rises at the end of 2018. About the RTIThe Right to Information Bill is meant to ensure citizens of this country have access to official information from Public Offices on request and without request.

Source: GhanaWeb October 06, 2018 23:26 UTC