Tag Archives: RTI

The Ghana Police Service has been fined GH¢100,000 for refusing to obey the Right to Information (RTI) Commission’s directive granting an applicant access to requested information. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Africa, had written a letter asking for information on the status of cases involving police brutality. Even though the letter …

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has fined the Minister of Education GHC50,000 for denying the education think tank Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) access to information on the Computerised Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). According to EduWatch, the RTI commission also ordered the Ministry to immediately make the information …

#FixTheCountry Movement and two other NGOs have filed a Right To Information, RTI, request directed at the Ghana Police Service. The two other groups are Democracy Hub and Democratic Accountability Lab. Their request is hinged on demands for official information with respect to the feeding and overall treatment of persons …

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has charged academia as well as media practitioners to utilize the RTI law, Act 989, to obtain reliable information from state institutions for their work. Answering questions in Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Nkrumah said the law which imposes an obligation on public institutions to provide …

The Chairman of the Right to Information Commission (RTIC) Justice Ofori Atta has urged media practitioners to collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure that the RTI Law is fully operationalized in the country. According to Mr. Justice Ofori Atta, the media can be successful only when they come together with a …

President Akufo-Addo Monday inaugurated a seven-member Governing Board of the Right to Information Commission, with a call to ensure its work is guided by the rule of law, free speech and attachment to justice. The Board is chaired by Justice K.A. Ofori-Atta, a retired High Court Judge, Mrs Elizabeth Asare, …

The Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, and MP for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, says the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Law in January 2020 as approved in Parliament will be adhered to. He says implementing agencies have been given ample …

A member of the Coalition on the Right to Information Law, Mr Akoto Ampaw, has noted that the Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has commenced preparations towards the implementation of the Right to Information Act (ACT 989).However, he said, Mr Nkrumah’s plans are ambitious and face possible threats because …

Minority Leader in Parliament Haruna Iddrisu says a celebration of the passing of the long awaited Right To Information Bill by the incumbent government will be contradictory seeing that the latter spearheaded the obstructing of its passage at an earlier submission. Although not the ‘ideal’ bill for all concerned parties, …