{"id":467866,"date":"2018-02-27T00:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T00:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/rti-bill-will-be-passed-into-law-by-end-of-2018-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T00:21:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T00:21:44","slug":"rti-bill-will-be-passed-into-law-by-end-of-2018-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/rti-bill-will-be-passed-into-law-by-end-of-2018-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"RTI Bill will be passed into law by end of 2018 \u2013 Bawumia"},"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, 26 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/40054101.295.jpg\" alt=\"Vicepresident Bawumia Auditor1\" title=\"Vicepresident Bawumia Auditor1\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519690904_125_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that government has directed Parliament to ensure the Right to Information (RTI) Bill is passed into law before the end of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Vice President who was speaking at the Audit Service\u2019s 8th Annual Accountability Lectures, the passage of the RTI Bill has become necessary as it is crucial to the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>He believes unrestricted access to information will enhance the work of the Attorney General and Special Prosecutor &#8211; who have been charged to work together to protect the public purse.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bawumia said, \u201cGovernment holds a firm conviction that the work of Auditor General and the Special Prosecutor can be enhanced when we have unfettered access to information. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed that work on the Right to Information Bill be expedited for its passage this year and I\u2019m assuring Ghanaians that the Right to Information Bill will soon become a law of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Bawumia commends Auditor General for retrieving GHC5.4bn from \u2018ghost\u2019 claims; calls for prosecution of culprits<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Audit Service in its recent report disclosed that it rejected GHC5.4 billion out of the liabilities of GHC11.279 billion submitted by MDAs to the Finance Ministry for payment.<\/p>\n<p>The Auditor General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, explained that the amount was rejected as a result of the absence of relevant documentation such as warrants, contracts documents, invoices, procurements records, Stored Received Advices, among other considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the findings of the report, Vice President Dr. Bawumia commended the Auditor General for retrieving a the whopping GHC5.4bn from the \u2018ghost\u2019 claims.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/FgX9Higk-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The retrieval of the GHC5.4bn claims according to Dr. Bawumia is an indication the Auditor General is committed and supports government\u2019s fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Calling for the prosecution of public officials who have deliberately dub the state Dr. Bawumia said, \u201cThis GHC5.4bn liability are ghost claims but they were not generated by ghosts. We want to see the prosecution of the culprits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b> Government won&#8217;t interfere in the Auditor General&#8217;s job \u2013 Bawumia<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bawumia also assured the Audit Service of lack of government interference.<\/p>\n<p>He said the service will be well resourced in the coming days to make the work of auditors more efficient and effective so as to protect the public purse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment will assist the Audit Service by providing the necessary support to ensure that collectively we safeguard the public purse against those who believe that their wealth ought to be bigger than our common goal,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/489C8BfG-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/RPNBB9rC-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 3 updated by: -1 --><\/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, 26 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-26 play videoVice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that government has directed Parliament to ensure the Right to Information (RTI) Bill is passed into law before the end of 2018. 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