Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has signed the third and final Right to Information (RTI) Ministerial Order to enforce the RTI Law on other government agencies and private entities that were not included in the two initial RTI Orders.
The final Order means members of the public may obtain information from all the government agencies that are mentioned in all the Three RTI Orders.
Public offices and relevant private entities to which the RTI Act No. 13 of 2016 applies to are: Ministry of Public Utilities and all Departments under its portfolio; Ministry of Youth Development and Sports and all Departments under its portfolio; the Public Service Office; State Law Office, Parliament House; Offices under the Judiciary Sector and all financial institutions that are wholly owned or in part by the Government.
Agencies that come under the law also include Civil Aviation Department; Airports Vanuatu Limited; Air Vanuatu; Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation; Provincial Government Councils and Area Councils Secretaries.
The Act also covers public schools and private schools throughout Vanuatu that receive subsidies from the Government, all Government Statutory Boards and Commissions, any other Government Agency or a relevant private entity that relates to any funding provided to it by the Government.
Photo supplied Caption: Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai who is also Minister responsible for Media