The Minister for Information, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said since the introduction of the Right to Information (RTI) law in 2020, some 223 requests for information at various state institutions have been filed.
He made the remarks during a presentation on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 regarding the progress of the implementation of the law since its inception.
“Per interim figures collated from the various RTI offices of state institutions in 2021 alone, a total of 129 requests for information were submitted by individuals and institutions and were received by 47 institutions. Out of this number, 87 were received from individuals while 42 were received from institutions”, Hon. said.
The Minister added that in 2022, a total of ten requests for information were submitted by individuals and institutions and received by seven (7) public institutions as at the end of January, 2022.
Out of the 10 applications received, 5 (50%) were received from individuals while 5 (50%) were received from institutions.
The law gives people the right to access all sorts of information, apart from exempt information.
The RTI Act was passed in 2020 to operationalize Article 21 (1) (f) of the 1992 Constitution, which stipulates that “all persons shall have the right to information, subject to such qualifications and laws as are necessary in a democratic society.
Source: MOI (PR Unit)
