
MRA Accuses FG of Undermining FOI Act Through Poor Funding
MRA Accuses FG of Undermining FOI ActThrough Poor Funding Lagos, Wednesday, January 15, 2025: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today accused the Federal Government of undermining the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by persistently under-funding its implementation, noting that only one percent of Federal public institutions have allocations in their 2025 budget proposals for FOI-implementation and related activities. In a statement announcing the release of its 22-page report titled “A Vote Against Transparency: A Report on Allocations for Freedom of Information Implementation in 2025 Federal Budget”, MRA observed that only 13 out of over 1,300 Federal public institutions…