Freedom on information in Nigeria

  • Olugbenga Adanikin. Head of Investigations at the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), addressing participants at the 2023 National FOI Ranking event
    Ibrahim Adeyemi

    The MDAs Violating Nigeria’s Freedom Of Information Act

    A compliance and transparency ranking exercise by a coalition of Nigerian civil society organisations revealed how many federal parastatals violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The coalition, which includes the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), BudgIT and the Public-Private Development Centre (PPDC), disclosed in a report that over 170 Nigerian Ministries, Departments and […]

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