{"id":607708,"date":"2019-04-16T21:34:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 16 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n2019-04-16\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/70578"},"modified":"2019-04-16T21:34:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:34:56","slug":"we-dont-want-any-ignorant-person-as-commissioner-rti-coalition-warns-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/16\/we-dont-want-any-ignorant-person-as-commissioner-rti-coalition-warns-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"We don&#8217;t want any ignorant person as Commissioner &#8211; RTI Coalition warns Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 16 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/70578072.295.jpg\" alt=\"RTI Bill P4\" title=\"RTI Bill P4\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The Coalition has called for effective mass education on the provisions of the law<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Coalition on the Right To Information, Ghana has urged the president to appoint only persons who have proven records of commitment and defense of human rights to the RTI Commission.  <\/p>\n<p>They cautioned against the appointment of \u2018ignorant\u2019 persons unto the Commission which is expected to oversee the implementation of the Right to Information law. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Accra, a member of the coalition, Akoto Ampaw stated that \u201cwe don\u2019t want any party activist K3k3, whether the person is a party activist or non-party activist, the person must have a proven record of commitment and defense of human rights\u201d.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want any ignoramus to be appointed as commissioner Mr. President. We don\u2019t want the person doesn\u2019t know the job to be appointed as commissioner,\u201d he added.  <\/p>\n<p>The Coalition also called for an \u2018effective mass education\u2019 of the population on the provisions of the law and their rights under the law whilst adding that there should be a provision of the necessary resources, such as funding, to make the law work.  <\/p>\n<p>The RTI Bill was first drafted in 1999, reviewed in 2003, 2005 and 2007 but was only presented to Parliament in 2010. But it could not be passed due to the many recommendations of amendment. It was brought back to the Sixth Parliament but could not be passed till the expiration of that Parliament on January 6, 2016.  <\/p>\n<p>Momentum to get the bill passed swelled in 2017 following the formation of the Media Coalition on RTI. 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