In a dramatic development, marking a positive change in the advocacy for the respect and promotion of Freedom of Information Act signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, the Governor of Nasarawa State positively responded to request for information under the Act.
In a letter dated September 9, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) drew the governor's attention to reports in volume 41 No.08 of The News Magazine, dated September 2, 2013 and the Nigerian Newsworld of same day bothering on corruption lush in the activities and allowances of members of the State House of Assembly. The two separate reports chronicled the misapplication and management of fund for the exclusive benefit of the State Legislators.
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