Tag: FOI Act
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Agricultural Research Council bags ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ award for violating FOI Act
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) this week’s inductee into the “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” for consistently violating the provisions of the FOI Act over the past seven years, thereby denying Nigerians the right to information in the agricultural development sector. The ARCN was established…
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MRA Inducts EKEDC into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ for Disregarding FOI Act
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame for its disregard of the FOI Act as demonstrated by its failure to comply with its obligations under the Act since it was passed into Law seven years ago. In a statement in Lagos,…