The Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information for UNESCO, Tawfik Jelassi has acknowledged Africa's strides in advancing the right to information.
He extolled Ghana for the passage and the implementation of the RTI law and indicated that the law is a success story and a model or standout achievement in Africa.
Tawfik Jelassi attributed this achievement to the law's effectiveness in ensuring citizens' access to public information and promoting transparency and accountability in governance.
He said this at the global conference of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI in Accra on Tuesday, October 1.