MRA condemns NEITI’s call to amend FOI Act; agency says interest is in protecting the law
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA), on Friday, condemned the recent call by the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, for an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 to impose punitive measures on ‘fake Civil Society Organisations’ allegedly ‘misusing’ the law to blackmail public institutions, describing the call as an attempt …
