Media Rights Agenda
Lagos, Monday, February 12, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame and criticised the Ministry for continually failing to comply with the Freedom of Information Act for the nearly seven years that the Law has …
Read More »MRA Names Energy Commission of Nigeria into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Lagos, Monday, February 5, 2018: Media Rights Agenda today inducted the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) 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 for nearly seven years. Announcing the Commission as this …
Read More »Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre Inducted into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
LAGOS, Monday, January 29, 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, a Federal agency charged with moulding “responsible and respectable citizens and leaders” as the latest inductee into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame as it indicted the institution for its apparent …
Read More »Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund Inducted into FOI ‘Hall of Shame’ for Keeping Critical Stakeholders in the Dark
Lagos, Tuesday, 23 January, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, accusing the agency of keeping critical stakeholders in the dark by not making relevant information available to them, despite the provisions of the …
Read More »MRA Inducts Fiscal Responsibility Commission into FOI Hall of Shame
LAGOS, Monday, January 15, 2018: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame” for operating in secrecy contrary to the provisions of the FOI Act and the purpose of the Commission itself, which is to foster greater transparency …
Read More »Media Rights Agenda Names NACA into its ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
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 …
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