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Campaigning for Access to
Information in Nigeria
A
Report of the Legislative Advocacy Programme
for the Enactment of a Freedom of Information Act
June 2003
©
Media Rights Agenda
ISBN 978 059 493 0
© Media Rights
Agenda
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reserved. No part of this publication may be photocopied,
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Printed in
Nigeria ISBN
978 059 493 0
Follow the links below
to view the various divisions of the book
Front Matters
Part One
Background to the Freedom of Information Bill
Origins of the Freedom of Information Campaign
Consultative Process in Finalising the Freedom of
Information Bill
Part
Two
Advocacy for the
Passage of the Freedom of Information Bill
Letters
to President Olusegun Obasanjo and Ministers
Introducing the Freedom of Information Bill into the
National Assembly
Mediating Problems
Meetings
With Key Officials of the House of Representatives
Advocacy
Targeted at Other Members of the House of Representatives
Other
Advocacy Efforts and Activities
Media
Advocacy
Building
Civil Society Support for the Freedom of Information Bill
The First and Second Reading of the Freedom of Information
Bill
Study Tour of the United States and the United Kingdom by
Legislators
Advocacy Work at the Senate
The Crisis in the National Assembly and its Effect on the
Bill
The Third Reading of the Freedom of Information Bill
Preparations for the Public Hearing on the Bill
The Public Hearing on the Freedom of Information
Bill
Letters
to Principal Officers of the House of Representatives
Part Three
Text of the Freedom of Information Bill
Introduction
The Freedom of Information Bill with the Committee’s
Recommendations
Comments on Recommendations by the House Committee on
Information
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