General News of Wednesday, 27 March 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comSwiftly sign RTI bill as you promised – Coalition to Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoThe Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Ghana, Media Coalition on RTI and OccupyGhana have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to quickly approve the Right to Information law which was passed by Parliament Tuesday evening. The groups in a press statement also asked government to put all the needed measures in place to ensure the law becomes operational by January 2020. “Now that the Bill has been passed, we expect that President Akufo-Addo will assent to it swiftly just as he promised in his last address to Parliament on the State of the Nation. The Bill was passed following the completion of its consideration stage after several policy changes, amendments and months of rigorous debates on the Floor of the House. They were however hopeful that some of their concerns will be addressed in the Regulations which will come later to operationalize the law.

Source: GhanaWeb March 27, 2019 11:15 UTC