Nigeria's freedom of information act: provision, strengths, challenges

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Ojebode, A.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-09T10:26:23Z	-
dc.date.available	2018-10-09T10:26:23Z	-
dc.date.issued	2011	-
dc.identifier.issn	1821-6544	-
dc.identifier.other	ui_art_ojebode_nigeria's_2011	-
dc.identifier.other	African Communication Research 4(2), pp. 267-284	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1342	-
dc.description.abstract	It took well over ten years to pass the Freedom of Information bill into law in Nigeria. It also took the bill three journeys to the National Assembly. This article connects the reluctance of the concerned authorities to pass the bill to the age-long struggle in Nigeria (and elsewhere) between the press, citizens and civil society on the one hand and the government on the other, with the former trying to widen the circumference of government activities that should be made public and the latter trying to shrink the same. The article traces the journeys of the FOI Act, and examines its provisions, first attempts at applying it and the challenges to its full implementation	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza, Tanzania	en_US
dc.title	Nigeria's freedom of information act: provision, strengths, challenges	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
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