Right To Information

Right To Information Commission Launches Annual RTI Week To Create Awareness

Right To Information Commission Launches Annual RTI Week To Create Awareness

The Right to Information Commission (RTIC), has launched the ‘Right to Information Week’ (RTI Week) to create awareness on how the public can best exercise their Right to Information, under the Right to Information Act, 2019 (989). The Commission has outlined a week-long program that is set to mark the RTI Week. The celebration will be held between September 22, 2022, and September 28, 2022, which coincides with this year’s International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). The second celebration since its launching in 2021 will be held under the theme "Artificial Intelligence, E-Governance, and Access to Information." This, he…
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You Pay For The Cost Of Re-Production And Not The Information – RTI Executive Secretary Clarifies

You Pay For The Cost Of Re-Production And Not The Information – RTI Executive Secretary Clarifies

The Executive Secretary of the Right to Information Commission (RTIC), Yaw Sarpong Boateng has clarified that applicants who seek for information from the Commission do not pay for the generating of the information, but for the cost of reproduction of the information. “Citizens don’t pay for the information, what you pay for is the reproduction of the information. If I apply for information and the institution has to give me the information in the form of a print, you must understand that it costs the agency some money to print a document for you and therefore, what you pay is…
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