Chandpur Correspondent :
In order to grow public -awareness about the “Right to Information Act-2009′, a meeting was held at Maya Bir Bikram Auditorium at Matlab Uttar Upazila Parishad on Monday with UNO Sharmin Akter in the chair.
Arranged jointly by Information Commission and the Upazila administration, the meeting was attended by head teachers of school and the Principals of colleges and madrasas, UP chairmen and members, other public representatives and local elites..
Information Commissioner Suraiya Begum NDC was the chief guest while her personal Secretary AKM Hedayetul Islam , ADC General Md Shaowkat Osman and Upazila Chairman Manjur Ahmad were the special guests on the occasion.
In her speech as chief guest, the Information Commissioner Suraiya Begum NDC has said, according to the Right to Information Act-2009, people of all classes in the society have the right to know any piece of information about the problems and prospects of any project or any development works in the area as per rule of the Government . If any one wants to know any information about anything of the Government works, in this regard, Government officials must follow this instruction as per law. We are organising this awareness programme just to inform and grow awareness among general people about this very right of the people through their representatives in the meetings..
Assistant Education officer Mahfuz Mia among others spoke on the occasion.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: Information Commissioner Nepal Chandra Sarker highlighted the enormous aspects of creating mass-awareness about the law of Right to Information (RTI) and called for making the grassroots population familiarised with it for their betterment.
He mentioned the grassroots people, particularly the youths, could be the driving force of making the Local Government Institutions (LGIs) and other public services and its people more effective through the best uses of RTI law.
There should be adequate measures of updating the rural people so that they can involve themselves in the nation-building process everywhere in the society.
The Information Commissioner made these observations while addressing the
opening session of a daylong advocacy workshop on RTI Law at conference hall of Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Tuesday as chief guest.
District Administration organized the workshop in association with Efficient and Accountable Local Governance (EALG) Project and UNDP. More than 150 people comprising Upazila Parishad and Union Parishad Chairmen and members and entrepreneurs from Union Digital Centres joined the workshop. Chaired by Deputy Commissioner SM Abdul Kader, the session was addressed, among others, by Deputy Director of Local Government Parvej Raihan and
Additional Deputy Commissioners Zulkar Nayon and Nazrul Islam.
In his concept paper presentation, Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal, District Facilitator of EALG Project, highlighted the aspects of full-length implementation of the RTI Law. Information Commissioner Nepal Sarkar said ensuring open and timely access to information will help stop corruption, improve governance and increase accountability and transparency.
In order to grow public -awareness about the “Right to Information Act-2009′, a meeting was held at Maya Bir Bikram Auditorium at Matlab Uttar Upazila Parishad on Monday with UNO Sharmin Akter in the chair.
Arranged jointly by Information Commission and the Upazila administration, the meeting was attended by head teachers of school and the Principals of colleges and madrasas, UP chairmen and members, other public representatives and local elites..
Information Commissioner Suraiya Begum NDC was the chief guest while her personal Secretary AKM Hedayetul Islam , ADC General Md Shaowkat Osman and Upazila Chairman Manjur Ahmad were the special guests on the occasion.
In her speech as chief guest, the Information Commissioner Suraiya Begum NDC has said, according to the Right to Information Act-2009, people of all classes in the society have the right to know any piece of information about the problems and prospects of any project or any development works in the area as per rule of the Government . If any one wants to know any information about anything of the Government works, in this regard, Government officials must follow this instruction as per law. We are organising this awareness programme just to inform and grow awareness among general people about this very right of the people through their representatives in the meetings..
Assistant Education officer Mahfuz Mia among others spoke on the occasion.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: Information Commissioner Nepal Chandra Sarker highlighted the enormous aspects of creating mass-awareness about the law of Right to Information (RTI) and called for making the grassroots population familiarised with it for their betterment.
He mentioned the grassroots people, particularly the youths, could be the driving force of making the Local Government Institutions (LGIs) and other public services and its people more effective through the best uses of RTI law.
There should be adequate measures of updating the rural people so that they can involve themselves in the nation-building process everywhere in the society.
The Information Commissioner made these observations while addressing the
opening session of a daylong advocacy workshop on RTI Law at conference hall of Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Tuesday as chief guest.
District Administration organized the workshop in association with Efficient and Accountable Local Governance (EALG) Project and UNDP. More than 150 people comprising Upazila Parishad and Union Parishad Chairmen and members and entrepreneurs from Union Digital Centres joined the workshop. Chaired by Deputy Commissioner SM Abdul Kader, the session was addressed, among others, by Deputy Director of Local Government Parvej Raihan and
Additional Deputy Commissioners Zulkar Nayon and Nazrul Islam.
In his concept paper presentation, Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal, District Facilitator of EALG Project, highlighted the aspects of full-length implementation of the RTI Law. Information Commissioner Nepal Sarkar said ensuring open and timely access to information will help stop corruption, improve governance and increase accountability and transparency.
He added that coordinated efforts should be taken at individual and institutional levels for proper implementation of the RTI law.
Proactive disclosure of information regarding budgetary allocation for development work at grassroots can ensure proper utilisation of resources and put a check on corruption.
