FOIA: BPSR Calls For Review Of Conflicting Laws - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 20, 2019
The Bureau of Public Service Reforms BPSR has calledfor review of laws that conflicts with the Freedom of Information Act FOIA.
The Acting Director-General of the Bureau, DasukiArabi, made the call in Abuja.
He was speaking at the presentation of the PolicyBrief and Recommendations on Strengthening the Implementation of the Freedom ofInformation Act in the Nigeria Federal Public Service.
Such laws he explained includes the Official SecretsAct, Public Complaints Commission Act and Criminal Code which are perceived tobe in conflict with the Act.
The 54-page brief summarized the results of the BPSRand ‘Right To Know’ study on Administrative Burden in the implementation of theInformation act in selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDAs.