bdnews24.com :
A top government official has admitted that access to information under the Right to Information Act still remains “a challenge”.
Md Nazrul Islam, additional secretary to the Cabinet Division, accepted an activist’s contention when she complained about “lack of trust” among the public about the Information Commission.
Islam was speaking at a discussion at bdnews24.com office on Saturday marking the five years of the Information Commission’s existence.
The bureaucrat said, a lot of work needed to be done to ease the process of getting information and purge of non-cooperation from public servants.
Earlier, Khushi Kabir, who campaigned for the right to information, identified “lack of trust” among the public about the Information Commission and said she found
reluctance among the people to seek information using right to information law.
The additional secretary said, the government was working on making the public aware and removing procedural complications.
