Recent exchanges in the print media on aspects of “public information,” our right to know, to access facts and stats and to familiarize ourselves much more with the role and responsibilities of our Commissioner of Information – himself a Master of Many Unfamiliar Words – have motivated me to re-visit this issue, briefly.
I suspect that it was around 2006 when the Alliance for Change introduced a “modernistic” freedom of information bill/act in the National Assembly. The Jagdeo Administration, such as it was then, effectively “cold-storaged” that potential legislation for years. Some governments have more to hide than others. Some governments