Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has accused the Federal Government of undermining the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by persistently under-funding its implementation.
Expressing dissatisfaction, the civil organization group said that only one percent of federal public institutions have allocations in their 2025 budget proposals for FOI implementation and related activities.
MRA in a report observed that only 13 out of over 1,300 Federal public institutions have provisions for FOI implementation in their budgets, with a proposed total allocation of N230,825,750.00, representing 0.000464 percent of the Federal Government’s budget of N49.74 trillion.
The Programme Officer, MRA, Mr. John Gbadamosi, in a statement, said, “There is a temptation to argue that it is far more important for the Government to spend resources on tangible projects such as infrastructure and other capital…
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