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It Ain't
Gonna Happen Under Mahama of Bole!
By: Prof Lungu
December 27, 2016
"...Re: RTI Bill is needed to
curb corruption in the country. Ms. Priscilla S. Djentuh tells
us "...The majority leader Alban Bagbin...assured Ghanaians of
the passage of the RTI Bill into law when parliament resumes its
sitting after the 2016 elections...". The problem for Ghana is,
"majority leader Alban Bagbin", and his NDC party have
practically been saying the same thing the last 4 years, the
last 8 years. Alban Bagbin would say the same thing every month
the next 4 years too. But they got defeated at the polls
...THEREFORE...given the lessons of history...and Mahama's
unethical appointment of the new Chief for CHRAJ, etc., no sane,
reasonable mind can expect the in-coming NPP government to agree
to a Mahama version of a so-called Right to Information Bill. It
does not make sense! It ain't gonna happen under Mahama of
Bole!..." (Prof Lungu, 26 Dec 16).
Of late, we have
been receiving a lot of questions, messages, and correspondence
on the subject of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, some,
in fact, from our relatives in Ghana and overseas. So, we read
with a certain sense of sharply-moderated hope Ms. Priscilla S.
Djentuh's article on Ghanaweb titled, "Feature: RTI Bill is
needed to curb corruption in the country".
As things are,
we've never cared for the title/name "Right to Information" for
a law that tells citizens you have FREE access to information
held by government, unless we the government can provide a
compelling, authoritatively, impartially, arbitrated reason why
we the government must withhold the information, or even charge
you money for that information.
Free access implies
"FREEDOM", unlike a "Right" a government can take way any time
the government wants.
We've said that going on 10 years,
and still hold that to be the case.
As such, we rather
prefer "Freedom of Information (FOI), for symbolic reasons, then
some. After all, as we've noted the nth time, Mugabe has a Right
to Information (RTI) bill for Zimbabwe.
So, are there a
lot of Ghanaians who would want a Mugabe "Right to Information"
(RTI) bill for Ghana?
We doubt there are any who are
sane!
Fact is, "Right to Information" does not inspire
even chickens. But, sadly, that is how stunningly absent-minded
the Accra-based "Right to Information Coalition (CRTI)", have
been over the years. It is time the Coalition shifted their
strategy to "FREEDOM".
"Freedom", as in "Freedom of
Information" (FOI) bill!
It is "Freedom of Information"
that inspires, after all!
It is "Freedom of Information"
that turns even chickens into hawks and produces the greatest
defenders of free access to information held by the government
in the name of the People.
Every studious African prefer
"freedoms" to "rights"!
FACT: There is no singular
supporter of the FOI bill greater than www.GhanaHero.com.
Hell, not only do they have a dedicated webpage going on 12
years, they even have the first recorded song for the FOI bill,
FOIB, on their website, WWW.ghanahero.com/FOIB.html. That FOIB
hit song was recorded when Kibaki was shooting and molesting
some of his fellow Kenyans.
(Visit, read, listen, reflect!).
FOIB: We don't want no Kibaki problem, seen!
MAHAMA & NDC BETRAYED GHANA: According to Ms. Priscilla S.
Djentuh, "...The majority leader Alban Bagbin,...assured
Ghanaians of the passage of the RTI Bill into law when
parliament resumes its sitting after the 2016 elections...".
The problem for Ghana is, "majority leader Alban Bagbin",
and his NDC party have practically been saying the same thing
the last 4 years, the last 8 years. Alban Bagbin would say the
same thing every month during the next 4 years too.
But,
they got defeated at the polls.
THEREFORE, at this
stage, given the lessons of history, the historic defeat of the
NDC, and Mahama's unethical appointment of the new Chief for
CHRAJ, etc., no sane, reasonable mind can expect the in-coming
NPP government to agree to a Mahama version of a so-called Right
to Information Bill.
Not!
Not so, since the bill
itself was originally an NPP draft that the NDC government took
and fooled around with for 8 long years while corruption thrived
under their noses!
Not!
It does not make sense!
It ain't gonna happen under Mahama of Bole!
So it
goes, Ghana!
SOURCES/NOTES
1. Priscilla S. Djentuh.
Feature: RTI Bill is needed to curb corruption in the country
(http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/
NewsArchive/Feature-RTI-Bill-is-needed-to-curb-corruption-in-the-country-497054).
2. FOIB. Read mo! Listen mo! Reflect more! Visit WWW.
GhanaHero.com/FOIB.html. Join!
Visit
www.GhanaHero.Com/Visions, for more information.
SUBJ: It
Ain't Gonna Happen Under Mahama of Bole!, by Prof Lungu
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