Leadership
16 March 2011
Suspends debate on PIB
Objections and allegations of adulteration characterised the debate on the contentious but much demanded Freedom of Information Bill (FoIB) in the Senate yesterday.Senator Smart Adeyemi pointedly informed the members that the original document had been tampered with, and that an adulterated version of the bill had been tabled before the Senate.
But barring any similar hitch, the Senate may today pass the contentious bill. This is coming barely three weeks after the House of Representatives passed the bill.
The Senate version, particularly its clause 2, is perceived to have been doctored thereby rendering the bill impotent.
Clause 2 of the Bill which deals with the right of access to records stipulates that, “every citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has a legally enforceable right to, and shall, on application, be given access to any information or record under the control of a government or public institution or private companies performing public functions, provided the disclosure of such information or release of such record(s) shall not compromise national security.”
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