Group disagrees with President Mahama on RTI bill

Mr. President, We Beg to Differ 

The Coalition on the Right to Information, Ghana has noted with great concern His Excellency John Dramani Mahama’s comments on Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Bill in an interview on DW TV Political talk show called Conflict Zone on October 7, 2015.

In the said interview, the President made the following observation in response to the question on why Ghanaians have been waiting for ten (10) years to get an RTI law:

“I don’t think that it changes the sense of free expression and the very vibrant media landscape that Ghana has. It’s taken unduly long and my government is fast-tracking it as quickly as possible….

When Tim Sebastian, the host interjected that some NGOs have criticized the draft Bill as opaque, not transparent, and that it lacks independent oversight, has broad exemptions on information with the of risk of making the Bill toothless, the President replied