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Mr. Stephen Owusu head legal department of the Right to Information had a media talk with the level 400 students of African University College of communication on the topic, A comprehensive presentation on the Right to Information law at the AUCC auditorium on the 22nd November 2023.

The meeting that started at 12:00 was filled with some lecturers and school president, the guest speaker was introduced by Miss Vanessa Vanderpuye a level 400 journalism student.

Mr. Stephen elaborated students more on the knowledge of right to information, he had said that “ payment for information is based on the number of copies your information inquire”. That is there’s no fix payment in seeking for information and the money being payed are used in printing the information for you. He then went further to tell students about how an information is being acquired, “you need to write a letter to the company you’re seeking the information from” he added.

With some few questions being asked from students Mr. Owusu said an individual is denied an information when the information which when revealed will violate parliamentary privilege or affect a fair trail of a person by a court that is according to the Right to Information Act, 2019(989)SS 5-17. 

He then ended the meeting by telling students that the RTI commission is ready and opened to help them with any information they need.

Link to vlog:


https://youtu.be/UzoV27Xn5JE?si=IiY6CVR381y8GwvC

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