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Again, Reps
step down FOI Bill
The House of Representatives again,
stepped down the Freedom of Information Bill on Thursday,
failing to keep an earlier promise to discuss it.
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FOI Bill‘ll be Passed Soon,
says Ekweremadu
Deputy Senate President Ike
Ekweremadu has said the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill will be
passed before the end of the year. Speaking at the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja, Ekweremadu said the Senate had no
problem with the bill.
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Cynicisms, hope
trail non passage of FOI Bill
The continued delay in the passage
of the Freedom of Information Bill by the National Assembly has
continued to attract mixed reactions from stakeholders. In separate
interviews in Abuja, a cross section of the stakeholders gave knocks
to the lawmakers for the delay in the passage of the bill.
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House Leaders Give Assurance on Passage of FOI Bill
The leadership of the
House of Representatives has given assurance that the Freedom of
Information (FOI) Bill is not dead and that it will be passed
because of its capacity to engender good governance and strengthen
democratic culture in Nigeria.
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Freedom of Information
Law Will Enhance
the fight Against Corruption
- Mrs. Farida Waziri
The Executive
Chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC),
Mrs. Farida Waziri, says the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill
currently on the legislative table of the National Assembly will
enhance the fight against corruption and other forms of economic
crimes in Nigeria when eventually passed into law.
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MRA Rejects Senate
Committee Recommendations on FOI Bill
On September 29, 2008 Media Rights Agenda (MRA) announced its rejection of the
recommendations of the Senate’s Information Committee on the Freedom
of Information Bill, saying if passed as proposed it would be the
worst access to information law in the world and would bring
Nigeria to ridicule as they defeat the essence of a freedom of
information legislation.
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Coalition Urges Senate to Jettison Recommendations on FOI Bill
The Freedom of Information Coalition
(FOIC) has written to the Senate Committee
on Information and Media saying its recommendations on the FOI Bill,
which it is proposing for enactment as FOI law, fundamentally defeat
the purpose for which the law is needed: openness, transparency and
accountability. The group therefore urged the Committee to expunge
the recommendations from the bill.
Read the full letter
here
Implications of
Senate Committee’s Report on FOI Bill
The report of the Senate Media and
Information Committee on the Freedom of
Information Bill, which is currently pending before both
Chambers of the National Assembly portends an ill wind for the
Freedom of Information Bill if the
recommendations are accepted by the Senate during the third reading
of the Bill.
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Senate Waters Down
FOI Bill
The Senate Media and Information
Committee on the Freedom of Information Bill has whittled some of
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Bill in a way that
would make it ineffective if it is eventually passed into law.
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