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General News of Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-03-26
play the videoThe House pbaded the bill Tuesday night
Parliament approved the draft law on the right to information.
The bill, which was pbaded after its third reading at 8:30 pm on Tuesday, March 26, will now await the presidential sanction to be fully recognized as law.
The purpose of the Information Technology Act will be to operationalize the constitutional right of information held by the public and certain private institutions, subject to the necessary exemptions and consistent with the protection of privacy. Public interest in a democratic society.
It also aims to promote a culture of transparency and accountability in public affairs and to resolve related issues.
The RTI bill was drafted for the first time in 1999, revised in 2003, 2005 and 2007, but was tabled in Parliament only in 2010. It was brought back to the sixth legislature but n & rsquo; Could have been adopted before the expiry of this legislature on January 6, 2016.
However, the time has come to pbad the bill in 2017 after the formation of the Media Coalition for RTI and other organizations that, in the last 11 months, have urged Parliament to get it pbaded. .
Some members of Parliament feared that the adoption of the bill deprives the government of confidential information.
Adansi Asokwa, MP, K.T. Hammond acknowledged that while adoption is useful for journalists, it may not be the best sign for the country's governance.
"You need peace of mind to lead a government. You have to focus and if you have a bill and before the ink dries, someone asks you to "bring this document" … as far as we're talking about communication between the president, the vice president and the cabinet, potentially, there will be no secret to the government, "he said.
But it seems that the Speaker of Parliament and the government have kept their promises as to the pbadage of the bill.
However, the law will be implemented early in 2020.
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