MRA Begins Grassroots Enlightenment Workshop
in Six Cities.

Media Rights Agenda has flagged off a new campaign through workshops on the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill for Community Based Organisations in six cities across Nigeria. The workshops are being organized with the support of Partners Agency Collaborating Together (PACT Nigeria).

The workshop, aimed at bringing the content of the FOI Bill to the average Nigerian, will hold in Makurdi, Calabar, Enugu, Ota, Bauchi, and Kano. A key objective of the workshops is to generate further awareness among a broad section of Nigerians on the relevance of the Bill.

The workshops will also work at strengthening the Freedom of Information Coalition (FOIC) and make it an effective and functional platform for campaigns, advocacy and complete sensitization about the Bill. It is expected at the end of the workshops that participants will understand the basic details of the Bill and be able to explain why the Bill is relevant to their daily lives. It will also prepare them to network and enhance their capacity to speak about the issues in their local areas.

About two hundred and fifty participants from civil society and community groups shall benefit from this new phase of the effort to get more Nigerians to join the initiative of securing the passage of the FOI Bill into law within the tenure of this administration.