Nigeria: How State Officials Violate Nigeria's Freedom of Information Act

States in the country are willfully violating federal laws that hold government officials accountable, a PREMIUM TIMES and UDEME investigation has revealed.

A decade after the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act was passed in the country, no fewer than 16 states are yet to domesticate it or create comparative and parallel mechanisms that serve to promote transparency and accountability in government.

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