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Atlas v0.1 · Right to information · Right to service

Ghana

Republic of Ghana · ISO GHA

Ghana has a rated national right-to-information law (adopted 2019, scored 97/150 by the RTI Rating, checked 2026-07-05), and a candidate service-rights route exists that we have not confirmed against the official text. Subdivision entries below marked “to confirm” are tasks, not facts.

Your first move, anywhere

Request legal route, responsible officer, fees, timeline, appeal route, and one high-value record: budget, contract, land, hospital stock, service standard, audit, court delay, police complaint, or procurement payment.

Convert the legal right into a citizen test: receipt, tracking number, statutory deadline, written reasons, actual record release, appeal, and proactive publication.

Capture flags to watch: Delay; discretion; opacity; fragmentation; fear; patron dependency; counterfeit transparency

Right to information

Sourced

National lawRight to Information Act, 2019 Official text still to confirm before you rely on it.
RTI Rating score97/150 · rank 45 · Moderate legal framework
Where the law is strong and weakRight of access 5/6 · Scope 13/30 · Requesting procedures 19/30 · Exceptions and refusals 18/30 · Appeals 21/30 · Sanctions and protections 7/8 · Promotional measures 14/16

Source: RTI Rating country data · last checked 2026-07-05

Right to service

To confirm

StatusCandidate legal family, needs official verification
Legal familyCitizen charter / ombudsman / administrative justice route
Candidate route (to confirm)Verify citizen or client service charter, ombudsman jurisdiction, judicial-review/administrative-justice statute, digital-service standards and sectoral deadlines.
The usability test to runReceipt + tracking + deadline + written reason + appeal + remedy + claimant protection
NoteDo not count a Public Service Commission as RTS unless it creates enforceable service standards for citizens.

Sources: OECD Administrative Simplification

Help confirm this

Search the official gazette and government sites for: "Ghana" "right to service" OR "public service guarantee" OR "citizen charter" OR "service charter" OR "administrative procedure" OR "ombudsman". Found the law? Send it through the route below.

Inside Ghana: 16 subdivisions

Where a subdivision shows a cited law, the citation comes from the named source and the official text still needs confirming. Where it shows nothing, the national law may apply and the local rules are unconfirmed.

What to confirm at your local office, whichever subdivision you are in

Records that should already be published: Budget; procurement; contract awards; payment status; public land; service standards; audit reports; subsidies; court/police/hospital/school records.

CodeSubdivisionTypeAccess-law statusSource · checked
GH-AAGreater AccraRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-AFAhafoRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-AHAshantiRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-BEBono EastRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-BOBonoRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-CPCentralRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-EPEasternRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-NENorth EastRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-NPNorthernRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-OTOtiRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-SVSavannahRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-TVVoltaRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-UEUpper EastRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-UWUpper WestRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-WNWestern NorthRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
GH-WPWesternRegionNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Right to Information Act, 2019 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05

Right to service, all 16 subdivisions: Candidate legal family, needs official verification (inherited from the national status above).

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This atlas and the Capture Index never mix

The atlas is the open reference layer: every jurisdiction, graded, with unverified entries shown as tasks. The Capture Index is a separate scored product: verified sources only, with right of reply before publication.