Media Rights Agenda
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 …
Read More »MRA Inducts Federal Ministry of Agriculture into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Lagos, Monday, October 30, 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame as it indicted the institution for its failure to implement the FOI Act, 2011 and its “unjustifiable assault on the rights …
Read More »MRA Inducts Federal Civil Service Commission into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
Lagos, Monday, 23 October 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) into its “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, accusing the Government’s oversight body for the civil service of an appalling record of non-compliance with the FOI Act. In a statement in Lagos, MRA’s Legal Officer, Ms Morisola …
Read More »MRA Inducts Identity Management Commission into FOI Hall of Shame
LAGOS, Monday, October 16, 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today inducted the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, saying it was recognizing the agency for its determined efforts to undermine the effectiveness of the FOI Act, 2011. MRA accused the Commission of …
Read More »Bureau of Public Procurement Inducted in the ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
LAGOS, Monday, 9 October 2017: The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) today 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, …
Read More »MRA Inducts Office of Federal Auditor General into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
LAGOS, Tuesday, October 3, 2017: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame for its brazen disregard for the Freedom of Information Act as evidenced by its non-compliance with virtually all aspects of the FOI …
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