Media Rights Agenda
Lagos, Monday, December 18, 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), as this week’s inductee into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, accusing the Agency of carrying on business as if the FOI Act does not exist, thereby undermining its effectiveness. Announcing NACA’s selection for induction, MRA’s …
Read More »Media Rights Agenda Inducts National Hospital, Abuja into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
LAGOS, Monday, December 11, 2017: For its multiple violations of the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, including its poor record-keeping practices, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the National Hospital in Abuja into the “FOI Hall of Shame,” describing its attitude towards transparency and accountability as an …
Read More »Lagos Appeals Court Ruling on Applicability of FOI Act to the State
LAGOS, December 7, 2017: The Lagos State Government has lodged an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Lagos seeking to set aside the ruling of an Ikeja High Court in Lagos, which held that the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 is applicable to the State even without “domestication”. …
Read More »MRA Inducts Standards Organisation of Nigeria into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
LAGOS, December 4, 2017: 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 …
Read More »Lagos High Court Rules FOI Act Applicable to Lagos State
LAGOS, November 29, 2017: A Lagos High Court, sitting in the Ikeja Judicial Division, ruled on November 28, 2017 that the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 is applicable to the Government of Lagos State and does not require “domestication” by the State to have effect. Dismissing a preliminary objection …
Read More »MRA Inducts Bureau of Public Enterprises into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
LAGOS, Monday, 27 November 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, citing the violation of various provisions of the FOI Act, 2011 by the Bureau, including its failure to submit any annual report of its …
Read More »MRA Inducts TETFund into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’, Says It Demonstrates Contempt for the Law
Lagos, Monday, November 20, 2017: Media Rights Agenda today inducted the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame for the institution’s failure to comply with its duties and obligations under the FOI Act, 2011 and its repeated refusal to honour numerous applications for …
Read More »Media Rights Agenda Inducts NECO into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Lagos, Monday, November 13, 2017: The National Examinations Council (NECO) emerged today as this week’s inductee into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame as Media Rights Agenda (MRA) accused it of consistently failing to implement the FOI Act and to fulfil its obligations under the Law over the …
Read More »Media Rights Agenda Calls on Federal Government to Halt Clampdown on Online Media
Lagos, Monday, November 6, 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to halt its reported efforts to shut down online newspapers, blogs and websites perceived to constitute a “threat to national security”. Describing the move as a brazen violation of the Constitution and Nigeria’s international human …
Read More »NHIS Becomes 19th Inductee into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Lagos, Monday, November 6, 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named as this week’s inductee into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), an agency established by the Federal Government to provide easy access to healthcare for all Nigerians through various prepayment systems …
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