The Accra Regional Police Command has given clearance to the planned street action and campaigns in some selected areas in the capital- Accra by Media Coalition on the Right to Information together with civil society groups including Occupy Ghana.
The group has declared every Friday from henceforth to Christmas day [25th December, 2018] as ‘#RTIRed Friday’.
This is to impress upon Parliament to pass the Right to Information bill which is currently before Parliament.
Copy of the clearance letter by Police
The first street advocacy which involves distribution of RTI educational materials in Accra will take place on Friday November 30, 2018 between 7am-10am at the following locations: Obetsebi Lamptey Roundabout, Tudu-Accra Central, Tema Station, Accra Mall, Emmanuel Eye Clinic Traffic Lights, Ridge Roundabout, and Kwame Nkrumah Circle, a statement from the Media Coalition said.
“After 10am, leaders of the civil society groups will proceed to Parliament to observe Consideration of the RTI Bill,” it added.