{"id":443704,"date":"2017-12-05T02:31:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T02:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/rti-bill-still-not-ready-to-be-passed-into-law-senior-minister\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T02:31:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T02:31:34","slug":"rti-bill-still-not-ready-to-be-passed-into-law-senior-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/rti-bill-still-not-ready-to-be-passed-into-law-senior-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"RTI Bill still not ready to be passed into law \u2013 Senior Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/17522153.295.jpg\" alt=\"Maafo Moral Slide\" title=\"Maafo Moral Slide\" width=\"295\" height=\"175\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mr. Osafo Maafo said that cabinet\u2019s subcommittee on governance is yet to give cabinet feedback<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512441094_278_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has disclosed that the Right to Information (RTI) Bill is still not ready to be passed into law.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that cabinet\u2019s subcommittee on governance is yet to give cabinet feedback on the progress made in relation to the passing of the RTI Bill.<\/p>\n<p>He made this disclosure at the launch of the National Anti-Corruption and Transparency week at the La Palm Royal Beach hotel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA draft paper was given to cabinet and it was referred to the subcommittee on governance to look at the Right to Information Bill. To the best of my knowledge, we have not gotten feedback from that subcommittee. It means they are working some details on it. This will make sure that when it comes to the whole plenary; when it comes before cabinet, it is ready to go to Parliament,\u201d the Senior Minster said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Osafo Maafo promised to quicken the process by \u2018pushing\u2019 the committee to ensure that cabinet gets the \u2018job done\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are at the committee stage and I think since we have talked about it, I am going to push the committee to make sure that Cabinet gets it done,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>When questioned on the delay in passing the RTI Bill, the Senior Minister argued that the process was more complicated, compared to the appointment of a Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe passing of the RTI is far more complicated than the appointment of the Special Prosecutor Bill,\u201d he stated.<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OIq-HhOyNoo\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 43 updated by: 66 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 4 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-04 play videoMr. Osafo Maafo said that cabinet\u2019s subcommittee on governance is yet to give cabinet feedback Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has disclosed that the Right to Information (RTI) Bill is still not ready to be passed into law. 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