The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has come out on top out of 213 Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) ranking on access to Freedom of Information (FIO).
This was made known in a report by the Public and Private Development Center (PPDC), on Tuesday in Abuja, which indicated that NIPC emerged winner with 68.5 points, according to NAN.
Other MDA’s that finished in the top 5 include the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) which came 2nd with 60.5 points; National Orientation Agency came 3rd with 51 points, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) came 4th with 48.5 points and Accident Investigation Bureau came 5th with 47.75 points.
Senior Legal Officer who was part of the drafting of the FOI Act, Maxwell Kadiri said “a law was as good as having the political will to implement it.”
He added that the Ministry of Justice had been issuing guidelines on how the MDAS can adhere to the FOI request, adding that in almost 10 years, institutions are not complying with the Attorney General’s Office guidelines on information disclosure.
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