The Freedom of Information Bill has waited for nine years, and, still counting. The Broadcasting Bill has not spent so much time at the labour ward, but, has delayed too much for comfort. New Info Minister, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, has vowed that Insha Allah, the bills will come into law and into force this year. … Read more
The Freedom of Information Bill has waited for nine years, and, still counting. The Broadcasting Bill has not spent so much time at the labour ward, but, has delayed too much for comfort. New Info Minister, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, has vowed that, Insha Allah, the bills will come into law and into force this year. … Read more
The Minority says its members made “strenuous efforts” to have the Right To Information (RTI) Bill passed into law in the Sixth Parliament. That Parliament with Edward Doe Adjaho as Speaker had the current Minority as Majority and vice versa. In a statement to mark the 2017 International Press Freedom Day, the National Democratic Congress … Read more
The age-long Right to Information (RTI) Bill, which has been described by many as the oldest Bill in Parliament, suffered a major defeat when the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana under the NDC-led administration failed to pass the Bill into law before its tenure lapsed on 7th January, 2016. The Bill had … Read more
It is baffling how our ignorant parliamentarians are still allergic to the new world information order and as a consequence of which they refused to pass the RTI bill into law. The reasons adduced for the non-passage of the bill are wholly lacking in validity. Not for once, twice, but for several times, yet another … Read more
No fewer than two hundred Civil Society Organisations are to meet in Abuja and Enugu, respectively, next week on increased use of Nigeria’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. The 2-day Roundtables are being put together by the Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption (MIIVOC), in collaboration with the Freedom of Information Coalition-Nigeria, with support … Read more
The discourse around access to information has often focused on how it helps in the fight against corruption and in enhancing citizens’ capacity to exercise other rights. A lot has been said about how the lack of information impedes citizens’ ability to assess the decisions of their leaders, and even to make informed choices about … Read more