This Day
2 June 2011
The euphoria that followed the signing of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Bill into law by President Goodluck Jonathan was tampered Wednesday night on the realisation that there is till one more hurdle to cross before Nigerians can celebrate it.
Speaking to THISDAY, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former official of the Federal Ministry of Justice who does not want to be named, said it was too early for Nigerians to celebrate as the legislation must be replicated by the state Houses of Assembly before the Act can be applied to access information from state public service.
"The truth of the matter now is that the states must also accept the law before if can apply to them because information is on the concurrent list," he explained.
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