The Freedom of Information Act has just been signed into law and surprisingly, it hasn't been weakened like many expected. Every Nigerian now has the power to demand for copies of almost all government documents from LG to federal level.

This law has the power to shine light into some of the dark corners of government business and to expose many of the tricks used to steal our money. We can now find out how much our legislators are actually getting paid. You can examine the NNPC's accounts to see where all the money is going. You can study government contracts to compare prices of goods supplied to market prices (no more N800,000 laptops!). You can even find out what happened to the money for the new transformer that has failed to appear on your street.

So here's a few of the documents I'd like to see:
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[li]The final accident reports of all the plain crashes in Nigeria between 1992 and 2010.[/li]
[li]The police and SSS reports on the Dele Giwa bombing.[/li]
[li]A detailed accounting of the total expenditure of both arms of the national assembly including salaries, allowances and personal expenses.[/li]
[li]A detailed list of all Presidency staff including names, titles, grade levels, salaries, and work descriptions. How many aides does GEJ actually have?[/li]
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Can anybody think of others? Post yours in this thread.

If you'd like to read the bill yourself, you can download it here: http://eienigeria.org/Harmonised%20_FOI_Bill_2011.pdf