The Eastern Regional Coordinator of the Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI), Mr Edmund Quaynor, has challenged members of the coalition to educate the public on the importance of the information bill.
This he said would help in the promotion of democratic principles and accountability in the country.
Mr Quaynor was speaking at a meeting in Koforidua on Friday with members of the coalition to discuss the RTI bill before parliament and media activities to help publicize it in the region.
The meeting was also to encourage people to send memoranda to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Legal, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs and Communication to help fine tune the bill into law.
Mr Quaynor said the RTI law was a constitutional requirement to help provide opportunity for every citizen of the country to have access to public information held by government and its agencies.
He explained that the bill was not only meant for media personnel but for everybody in the country since the people needed to be well- informed before they could effectively participate in the democratic processes.
Mr Quaynor called on the public to campaign for the passage of the RTI bill into law by lobbying their Members of Parliament to vote for it when it comes to the floor of parliament.