{"id":611950,"date":"2019-05-01T08:39:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T08:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-509486\"><header>\n \n<\/header><div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma"},"modified":"2019-05-01T08:39:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T08:39:23","slug":"rti-bill-yet-to-be-forwarded-to-presidency-a-month-after-parliamentary-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/01\/rti-bill-yet-to-be-forwarded-to-presidency-a-month-after-parliamentary-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"RTI Bill yet to be forwarded to Presidency a month after parliamentary approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-509486\">\n<header>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/Nana-addo.jpg\" alt=\"RTI Bill yet to be forwarded to Presidency a month after parliamentary approval\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mom-ads-wrap  \">\n<div class=\"mom-ads ads-layout-rotator ads-rotator-id-687\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px;\">\n<div class=\"mom-ads-inner\">\n<div class=\"mom-ad\" data-id=\"1236\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px; \">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"appear\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/Say-yes-to-ads-Banner-728-X-90.jpg\" alt=\"Right Below Featured Image\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>About a month after the Right to Information Bill was passed by Parliament, it has not been forwarded to the Office of the President for assent.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the Bill is being proofread to reflect the numerous changes made at the consideration stage.<\/p>\n<p>After close to twenty years in and out of Parliament, the RTI was passed by lawmakers earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>It has however not been assented to yet by the President to make it law even though it will take effect in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Ben Abdallah says the delay is due to the slow manual processes of the House.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey are doing the proofreading with all the urgency and alacrity that the act deserves so I think they are doing the best they possibly can to ensure that the proofreading is completed to be sent to the president for his assent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ll gladly pass RTI Bill into law \u2013 Nana Addo<\/strong><br \/>President Nana Akufo-Addo had earlier assured to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #666699;\"><strong>gladly give his assent<\/strong><\/span> to the RTI Bill soon as Parliament passes it into law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026I will, happily, give my assent to it as soon as it is brought to my table,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\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>About a month after the Right to Information Bill was passed by Parliament, it has not been forwarded to the Office of the President for assent. This is because the Bill is being proofread to reflect the numerous changes made at the consideration stage. After close to twenty years in and out of Parliament, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":611951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RTI Bill yet to be forwarded to Presidency a month after parliamentary approval - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/01\/rti-bill-yet-to-be-forwarded-to-presidency-a-month-after-parliamentary-approval\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"RTI Bill yet to be forwarded to Presidency a month after parliamentary approval - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"About a month after the Right to Information Bill was passed by Parliament, it has not been forwarded to the Office of the President for assent. 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