General News of Tuesday, 16 April 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comWe don't want any ignorant person as Commissioner - RTI Coalition warns Akufo-Addoplay videoThe Coalition has called for effective mass education on the provisions of the lawThe Coalition on the Right To Information, Ghana has urged the president to appoint only persons who have proven records of commitment and defense of human rights to the RTI Commission. We don’t want the person doesn’t know the job to be appointed as commissioner,” he added. The RTI Bill was first drafted in 1999, reviewed in 2003, 2005 and 2007 but was only presented to Parliament in 2010. Momentum to get the bill passed swelled in 2017 following the formation of the Media Coalition on RTI. The Coalition with support from other civil society organisations in the past 11 months, piled pressure on Parliament to get the Bill passed.

Source: GhanaWeb April 16, 2019 18:33 UTC