The Right to Information Commission (RTIC) has declared ‘Right to Information Week’ (RTI Week) to raise public awareness about how the public can better exercise their right to information under the 2019 Right to Information Act (989).
The Commission has laid out a week-long program to commemorate RTI Week and the International Day for Universal Access to Information this year (IDUAI).
The event, themed ‘The Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989); A tool to ensure transparency, good governance, and sustainable development in leveraging international cooperation,’ will begin on September 26 and end on September 30.
According to the commission, the week celebration will start with a quiz which will be held in the studious of Ghana Television on Sunday, September 26th.
Among the series of programme outlined by the commission, a Public Forum, will be hosted on the 28th of September 2021 to climax the celebration, will bring together invited visitors, stakeholders, and the general public.
On May 21, 2019, Parliament passed the Right to Information Act, which was signed by the President.
The bill became fully operational on January 2, 2020.
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