Tag: FOI Hall of Shame
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MRA inducts Department of Petroleum Resources into ‘FOI Hall “of Shame’
For its relentless dedication to secrecy and attendant disregard for the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria’s petroleum regulatory agency, into its “FOI Hall of Shame.” MRA’s FOI Programme Manager, Mr Ridwan Sulaimon, noted in a statement in Lagos that “the induction of…
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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,…
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MRA Inducts Standards Organisation of Nigeria into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) was today named by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) as this week’s inductee into its Freedom of Information (FOI) “Hall of Shame” for its failure to comply with the provisions of the FOI Act over the last six years and “carrying on as if the Law does not exist”. In…
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Bureau of Public Procurement Inducted in the ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) on Monday secured a place in the “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” as Media Rights Agenda (MRA) upbraided it for its failure to implement the FOI Act, 2011 and enforce the transparency provisions in its own enabling Law, the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007. In a statement…