The government has appointed Martuza Ahmed, a former information secretary, as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).

President Abdul Hamid made the appointment as per Article 15 (1) of the Right to Information Act-2009. The Ministry of Information has issued a gazette in this regard yesterday.

Martuza, a career civil servant, replaced Prof M Golam Rahman.

The newly appointed CIC joined his new office yesterday, received by Information Commissioners -- Nepal Chandra Sarker and Prof Dr Khurshida Begum Sayeed.