Chief Information Commissioner Acharya takes oath

KATHMANDU: Newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner Suresh Prasad Acharya took the oath of office and secrecy on Wednesday.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli administered the oath of office and secrecy to Acharya at a ceremony held at the Prime Minister’s residence this morning.

Likewise, Chief Commissioner Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed Commissioners Gagan Bista and Durga Bhandari in the presence of the Prime Minister.

In his brief remarks on the occasion, Prime Minister Oli stressed the need for the effective role of the Commission for the implementation and utilisation of the Right to Information as a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution.

The tendency of asking information from unrelated persons in a way to confuse the government’s work should not be encouraged, PM Oli said that anarchy should not be encouraged by using the right to information.

Also present on the occasion were Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung and Secretary at the Ministry Radhika Aryal were also present in the programme.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on November 21 had appointed Acharya as the Chief Commissioner and Bista and Bhandari as Commissioners of the NIC.