Media personals urged to make people aware of RTI Act

New Age: Bangladesh: Wednesday, June 20, 2018.

Chief information commissioner Martuza Ahmad has urged the media personals to come forward to create mass awareness about the Right to Know Act-2009.

He also asked the concerned officials, who are responsible to provide information to people, to study and practice the act to reduce corruption and ensure transparency in the society.

He said that proper use of this act would ensure transparency and accountability of the activities of different government and non-government organisations.

The chief information commissioner came up with the remarks while addressing a view exchanging meeting on Right to Information Act-2009 with the officials of Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh Television, divisional information office and the media personals at Sylhet Betar in the city’s Mirer Maydan on Tuesday afternoon.

‘The government has formulated the act to resist irregularities and corruptions in the society. The act must be applied properly to ensure its benefit,’ Martuza added.

Bangladesh Betar Sylhet regional director Fakhrul Alam chaired the programme.

Regional information office deputy director Julia Jasmine Mili, Bangladesh Television district correspondent Aziz Ahmad Selim, Sylhet Press Club president Tapos Das Purkayastha, Sylhet Press Club Foundation president Al Azad, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Sylhet bureau chief Maksud Ahmad Maksud, Electronic Media Journalists’ Association district general secretary Debashish Debu, Sylhet Online Press Club president Muhith Chowdhury and senior journalist AFM Sayeed, addressed the programme, among others.