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FOI Law will Inject Fresh Air into the Putrefied Atmosphere
– Prof. Oyewo
“A freedom of Information legislation is the
breath of fresh air needed to clear the putrefied atmosphere of
corruption that pervades all facets of life in Nigeria”. This was
the submission of Prof. Oyelowo Oyewo, a professor of Law at the
University of Lagos, in a paper he delivered at the fourth AELEX
Annual Lecture held on July 24, 2008 at the Agip Recital Hall, Muson
Centre in Lagos. At the end of the lecture, participants generally
agreed that Nigeria needs a Freedom of information Law to help
combat the endemic corruption that has become the bane of Nigeria.
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House of
Representatives Again Throws Out FOI Bill
Nigeria’s lower
legislative chamber, the
House of
Representatives on June 3, 2008 refused to take the Freedom of
Information (FOI) Bill at the Committee of the Whole (Third
Reading). This came barely 24 hours after the upper chambers, the
Senate, held a Public Hearing on the Bill.
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Submissions Made at the Senate
Public Hearing on the FOI Bill
FOI Bill will Help
Combat Corruption, Allow Citizens Participate Meaningfully in
Governance - FOI
Advocates
Advocates and stakeholders in the
Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill have unanimously called on the
Senate to pass the Bill as it will help combat Nigeria’s endemic
corruption and allow citizens to meaningfully engage all tiers of
government on modules of governance.
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Senate to Conduct
Public Hearing on FOI Bill in June
The Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Information and Media, Senator Ayogu Eze has disclosed
that his Committee has chosen to conduct a public hearing on the
Freedom of Information (FOI) bill pending before the National
Assembly on June 2, 2008
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Staff Vacancies at the Africa Freedom of Information Centre
(AFIC)
The
The Africa
Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) has vacancies for the
positions of a Coordinator and a Programme Officer at its
office in Lagos.
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Cross Section of Nigerians
Condemn House of Representatives For Failure to Pass FOI Bill.
Individuals and organisations
cutting across social, religious, political, economic and ethnic
divide have risen in unison to condemn the failure of the House
of Representatives to take the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill
at the Committee of the whole (Third Reading) on April 29 and
May 7. They have added their voices in calling on the House to
pass the Bill without further delay as they believe the Bill
will help fight Nigeria’s endemic corruption and enhance good
governance.
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FOI Bill Suffers another Set back in the House of Representatives
On May 7, 2008 the
House of Representatives again postpone a clause by clause
consideration (Third Reading) of the Freedom of Information Bill
which was on its order paper for a third and final reading to a
later date due to the ‘absence’ of the bill’s sponsor, Hon. Abike
Dabiri.
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Cross Section of
Nigerians Condemn House of Representatives For Failure to Pass FOI
Bill.
Individuals and organisations
cutting across social, religious, political, economic and ethnic
divide have risen in unison to condemn the failure of the House of
Representatives to take the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill at the
Committee of the whole (Third Reading) on April 29 and May 7. They
have added their voices in calling on the House to pass the Bill
without further delay as they believe the Bill will help fight
Nigeria’s endemic corruption and enhance good governance.
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FOIC Urges Senate
Committee on Information toExpedite Action on the FOI Bill
The Freedom of
Information Coalition (FOIC),
on April 10, 2008 wrote to Senator Ayogu Eze the Chairman of
Senate Committee on Information and Media and other members of the
Committee to express its concern on the situation with the Freedom
of Information Bill, which is presently before the Committee and
urging the Committee to immediately sign off on this Bill so that it
can move on faster on its legislative journey.
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Third Reading:
House of Representatives Throws out FOI Bill
On Tuesday, 29 April 2008, the
House of Representatives threw out the Freedom of Information Bill
through a technical vote jettisoning further consideration of the
Bill in the Committee of the Whole (Third Reading).
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FOI Bill Moves Ahead in the Senate
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill scaled
through its second reading at the Senate on January 30, 2008 with
most Senators expressing their support for the proposed Law.
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