Like Soyinka said recently, it would not be a bad thing to test this new law by asking that the government provide full disclosure on the matter of Umaru Yar'Adua's illness and subsequent death, and the circumstances that occured as a result of these events.

Hope some radical lawyers are reading this

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Can i invoke this law to demand for my transcript?. I went to my school to collect my transcript but they told me that, they cannot give it me but would me mail it to any school i wish to go.

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A great start!we will get there.

My people of NL. Is there anyone out there that knows how I can delete my account from Nairaland? I have tried but not successful. Please if you have any info, let me know please. Thank you.

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This FOI Bill no bi for mouth? When we go see am work sef?

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Landmark Ruling On Application of Freedom of Information Act

In 2012 the Progressive Shareholders Association of Nigeria, represented by its president, Boniface Okezie, wrote to the Central Bank requesting information relating to the recovery of Oceanic International Bank Plc's assets. The letter, written by Okezie's solicitor and dated January 26 2012, requested the following information:

the cost so far to the Central Bank, the government and the Nigerian people of the banking reforms instituted by the Central Bank, and particularly the amount of legal fees and other fees paid and to be paid to professionals and professional bodies;
how much of the amount mentioned above represented fees paid and to be paid to Olaniwun Ajayi LP and Kola Awodein & Co. These two law firms dominated representation of the Central Bank and its related bodies in the litigations triggered by the reforms. These same firms were engaged by the Central Bank in other capacities, including as advisers to the five banks in which the Central Bank had intervened and as consultants to the Central Bank and other related bodies, and also for the criminal prosecution of the former executives of the five affected banks;
the total sum paid to Olaniwun Ajayi LP in respect of the prosecution of Cecilia Ibru, former managing director of Oceanic Bank Plc, and the proportion of this sum that was in the form of commissions on the properties recovered from her; and
the total cash and value of properties recovered from Ibru, the whereabouts of the recovered assets and what proportion of these assets had been returned to Oceanic Bank and/or its shareholders.


The basis for the above requests was that taxpayers' money was being used for the prosecution of the banks' chiefs and the reform process. The association also believed the entire reform process to be a drain on the economy, benefiting only a few.

When the Central Bank refused to disclose the information requested by the association, a suit was instituted against it under the Freedom of Information Act. The association requested the court to compel the bank to publish its handling of approximately N191 billion's worth of assets forfeited by Ibru.
- See more at: http://www.nigeriansreport.com/2013/07/landmark-ruling-on-application-of.html#sthash.SUUnnivc.dpuf