The Chairman of Parliament\u2019s Communication Committee, Felix Twumasi-Appiah says the house has not been able to pass the Right to Information Bill because of financial constraints.
\nThe Sene MP says parliament is too broke to sponsor the committee in its activists to engage with stakeholders before the bill can be passed. His comments follow sentiments by the Commissioner of the Statute Law Revision Commission, Justice VCRAC Crabbe that Ghana is not ready for such a law because of poor record keeping. Mr. Twumusi-Appiah however expressed surprise at Justice Crabbe\u2019s position.
\nHe said the retired Supreme Court Judge had been consulted by the Parliamentary Committee and he never raised any such concerns. \u201cMy understanding is that he has been the major proponent of that particular bill and so I\u2019m surprised,\u201d he said.
\nMr Twumasi-Appiah claimed Justice Crabbe was \u201ceven pushing us for immediate passage of that particular bill.\u201d Nana Oye Lithur who spearheaded the Coalition for the Right to Information said Parliament\u2019s argument that it was hampered by lack funds to get the bill passed were tenuous and surprising.
\nAccording to her, the World Bank had indicated their preparedness to fund the project and she wondered whether the House had sent a budget to the World Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Chairman of Parliament\u2019s Communication Committee, Felix Twumasi-Appiah says the house has not been able to pass the Right to Information Bill because of financial constraints. The Sene MP says parliament is too broke to sponsor the committee in its activists to engage with stakeholders before the bill can be passed. His comments follow sentiments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n