Pass RTI bill before dissolution – Mahama pleads

Ghana’s outgoing president John Mahama has charged the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic to pass the Right to Information Bill before its dissolution on Friday, January 6, 2017.

Delivering his last State of the Nation address Thursday, he said the public and civil society organizations are disappointed in “our inability to pass the Right to Information bill.”

He, however, noted that they are still hopeful that before “this parliament is dissolved at midnight on the sixth of January a consensus can be found to pass this bill into law.”

The Deputy Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo disclosed Wednesday that before the sixth parliament of the Fourth Republic ends, legislators will consider some bills that are before it, including the Right to information Bill.

“The Right to Information Bill is still being discussed. It is at the stage where people are bringing out the flaws of the Bill in order to ensure that we have a law that when is passed is air tight,” she said.

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