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Parliament under pressure to pass Bill

 

According to him, the passing of the RTI Bill has been long overdue as it has been in parliament since 2013.

The RTI Bill, when passed into Law, would facilitate citizen’s access to information on how public funds are being disbursed and what government plans to do in their name and on their behalf.

The Law would also hold public office holders accountable for the management of public resources and ensure judicious use of public funds.

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The bill, which has undergone several amendments since 2013 finally found space on the floor of parliament on Wednesday.

But the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho, had to refer the Bill to the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the house following concerns raised over definitions given to some aspects of the Bill in its introductory clause.

Ranking Member on the Legal and Constitutional Committee of Parliament, Joe Osei-Owusu has said it will be difficult to predict how soon the bill will be passed considering how the debate on the bill is ongoing on the floor of the House.

"If you look at the amount of work in the document, If I had my own way, I would have returned the document to the Attorney General to redraft it and incorporate all the amendments," he told Accra-based Joy FM.

Joe Osei-Owusu added that with the Right to Information Bill "we are transitioning into a new regime where information is proactively made available and those that are not made, it’s your right to demand and it should be given."

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