Government takes closer look at Right to Information bill
Accra, June 19, Ghanadot/GNA -
President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday referred a
Memorandum on the Right to Information (RTI) bill to a
Cabinet Committee for study before the appropriate decisions
are taken on it.
The President has also appointed a transaction adviser to
advice on the best option and the way forward for Ghana
International Airlines Limited.
A statement signed by the Mrs Sabah Zita Okaikoi, Minister
of Information to the Ghana News Agency, said the mandate of
the five-member ad-hoc Committee was to study a report
submitted to the current government by the past
administration on the Airlines.
The committee has been tasked to make appropriate
recommendations to Cabinet after studying the report.
Membership of the committee includes the Ministers of
Transport, Trade and Industry, Information, Communication
and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
The statement noted that the President had directed that
discussions and decisions taken at Cabinet should be
regularly communicated to the public through periodic press
briefings and press statements.
The Statement said the institution of the periodic cabinet
briefings was in furtherance of the President’s commitment
to making information available to the public and the
determination to running an open and transparent government.
The resumption of the practice, which used to take place
during the previous National Democratic Congress
administration (1992-2000), will afford the media to inform
the public about matters that are regularly considered by
Cabinet.
The statement outlined issues raised at previous Cabinet
meetings as the apparent lack of impact of public sector
reforms on the economy and national development as a whole,
the increasing national energy bill together with the
growing national wage bill, in relation to the introduction
of the Single Spine Salary Structure.
GNA
