President Akufo-Addo has appointed retired High Court judge, Justice K. A. Ofori-Atta to chairs the Right to Information Commission, and Elizabeth Asare, his Deputy.
Other members of the Commission are Yaw Sarpong Boateng, the Executive Secretary, whilst Victoria Susuawu, Dr. Edith Dankwa, Nana Kwame Duah, and David Oppon-Kusi who are members of the Commission.
The president has, however, sworn in a seven-member Commission to implement the Right to Information (RTI) law which became law in Ghana after the Act received Presidential assent on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.
Parliament passed the Right to Information (RTI) Bill on the 26th of March 2019.
The implementation of the RTI Act came into effect in January 2020, with the law intended to provide for the operationalization of the constitutional right to information held by the public as well as some private institutions, subject to exemptions that are necessary and consistent with the protection of public interest in a democratic society.
The Act also seeks to foster a culture of transparency and accountability in public affairs and to provide for related matters.
The RTI Act was first drafted in 1999, reviewed in 2003, 2005, and 2007 but was only presented to Parliament in 2010.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
