WHAT ARE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ATI COMMISSION?

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The Commission Members having been constituted will now have to be sworn in so that they can exercise their powers under the Act.

The Access to Information Act imposes a duty on public bodies to create, keep, organize and maintain its information in a manner which facilitates access to information as provided for in the Act.

The act gives a right to every person to access information from a public body.

The Commission is established to ensure that such duties of public bodies are observed. Foroyaa will explain how it will exercise its powers in order to ensure that public bodies observe their duties.