RTI will be passed before 2018 ends – Haruna Iddrisu assures

Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu has given the assurance that the Right to Information bill will be passed before 2018 comes to a close.

He told journalists in Parliament Friday that the bill be considered in the House on Saturday when members meet.

“There is absolute and unwavering commitment by Parliament and its leadership to ensure that the right to Information bill becomes law we will work more diligently and assiduously to get it passed."

“Let me assure you that we remain committed to passing a sunshine legislation that helps you the media to fight corruption to combat economic crime and to hold us responsible for our excess and abuse. I have cautioned against watering down the impact of an RTI in the name of exemption and that is where we are."

“We need to be diligent about this. Let’s have a good law passed and not a law that exempt groups of information. We should get it passed before the end of the year,” the Tamale South MP noted.

The assurance comes as the Media Coalition on the Right to Information together with civil society groups including OccupyGhana begin a street advocacy against the delay by parliament in passing the RTI.

Over 70 groups are partaking in the advocacy which begins today.