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Ghana marks Right to Know Day on September 28

 
 

Ghanaian journalists in collaboration with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and the Coalition on the Right to Information, on Wednesday, outlined activities to mark the 2008 "Right to Know (RTI) Day", which falls on September 28.

 
 

The activities include a public lecture, on Monday September 29, at the British Council, on the theme: "Adopting the Right to Information Legislation in Ghana - Where are we?" Distribution of RTI materials, media sensitisation and intensification of lobbying campaigns for the passage of the Right to Information Bill.

 
 

Speakers at the public lecture includes Professor Kwame Karikari, of Media Foundation for West Africa; Justice V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe, Government Special Commissioner on the Right to Information Bill; Ms. Katherine Bain, Programmes Manager, World Bank and Mr. Akoto Ampaw, Ghana Bar Association.

 
 

The rest are, Dr. Steve Manteaw, Director, ISODEC; Mr. Vitus Azeem, General Secretary, Ghana Integrity Initiative; Nana Oye Lithur, Regional Co-ordinator, CHRI and Mr. Al-Hassan Adams, Ghana Coalition against Water Privatisation.

 
 

The day commemorates a worldwide recognition of the right of every individual to know and access official information from governments and private bodies exercising a public function.

 
 

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Source: GNA

 
 

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