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What is the nature of these jobs? That's what I also want to know.

Ileke-IdI:
I want a democracy where I can slap a cop and walk away with it.

There's no such democracy in the world today. At best you'll only go to prison for assault.

Amnesty won't work for case. They are driven by religious zeal, not love of money.

I think the requirements are too strenuous. If you have the signatures of more than half of the registered voters in a constituency, then you already have a simple majority, so why do you to vote again? Are the requirements to recall a representative in other countries this difficult?

How do you get the signatures of one half of persons registered to vote in a constituency??

Na wa o.  There was a time I really thought I wanted to be like this guy.  Then I googled him.

Sorry man.  She wasn't feeling like accepting it at the time.  Maybe tommorrow.

Thought it might be interesting.

Love this thread. Some names keep coming up on various lists.

Is there a way to report this slowpoke to the authorities for raping his girlfriend in her sleep?

This is too bad. Lives wasted for no reason whatsoever. Where did they get those guns?

anishe:
I am still need to read and understand the provisions of the FOI Bill. Does anyone know how i can get a copy of the Bill? If downloadable, please advice me of the site. Thank you.

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There was a time they didn't even go to prison at all, so let's take one step at a time and we'll get there.

I maintain that it's better to ignore privatization and focus on liberalization. The success of a privatized company depends entirely on who the company was sold to. Most times they are sold to government cronies instead of competent hands. But it won't matter if liberalization is also pursued.

I really miss Chief Gani Fawehinmi. If he was alive, FOI requests from his office would be making waves already.

This is a very good question.

Wooden and rubber houses won't provide much protection from robbers or rain.

Any confirmation of this information?

Great thread, Jarus. Good job.

A short explanation of the FOI Bill by Fúnmiláyò Akinòsì:

Your rights:
You have the right to request for information, whether written or otherwise from a public institution. You don’t have to explain why you need the information and you can even go to court to compel the institution to comply. Illiterate or disabled applicants may apply through a third party. There will be a formal application that applicants may use. In any case, you don’t even require a written application. You could verbally request that an authorised official of a public institution provides the information. (S)he will now write it and provide you a written application. This may not be advisable for evidentiary reasons.

Who can you ask?
You may demand from any ‘public institutions’. These include the three arms of government: executive (e.g. President), legislature (e.g. lawmakers), judiciary (courts), as well as any parastatals supported by public funds (e.g. PHCN). More importantly, you may demand for information from private bodies providing public services (e.g. ppps), who perform public functions or utilise public funds. All public institutions are required to now keep records of their operations and businesses. Specific information is provided in section 3 (3) of the law. It is now a criminal offence to wilfully destroy records or alter them.

What you may be told:
The public institution to which the application is directed may provide the information to the applicant within 7 days of the request. It may also deny the application and give written notice of such denial within the same 7 day period. This notice must explain why it denied your request and state whether the information exists. Where the institution fails to give notice within the 7 day period, it is deemed to have refused to give access. If the public institution thinks that another institution has greater interest in the information, it must transfer the application within 3-7 days and also inform you. This period is not set in stone. It may delay the transfer if it can show that the application is for a large number of records and that the 3-7 day period will reasonably interfere with its operations, or that it requires more time to make consultations.

When can a public institution say no?
You may not invoke the FOI to receive published material, or material available for purchase or public reference materials. You may not receive access to ‘personal information’. This is defined in section 15(1) and includes information for tax assessment; files on financial, medical, or educational services from public institutions. A public institution can also deny information that contains trade secrets, financial information, proposals and bids for contracts, grants, etc. Additional information is provided in section 16 (1). You can ask for a waiver of these provisions where public interest ‘clearly’ outweighs the protection of the individual’s privacy. Individuals or institutions may also consent to provision of the information.

A public institution may also refuse access where disclosure is injurious to the conduct of international affairs and the defence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or where it would derive a person of fair trial or disclose the identity of a confidential source. Additional cases are in section 13 (1).

You may not receive information on test questions, course or research materials prepared by faculty members scoring keys for examination, library circulation and records identifying library users, among others. Other information is provided in section 20. The same public interest waiver applies to these cases. For example, you may not demand for a copy of President Jonathan’s Ph.D. thesis except the court agrees that public interest outweighs his private rights.

What can you do if a public institution says no?
Where the institution fails to give notice within the 7 day period, it is deemed to have refused to give access. Where you have been refused, you may apply to court for a review within thirty days. The court may extend time to apply within that period. Where wrongful denial of access is established, the defaulting officer or institution shall be liable to a N500,000 fine on conviction.

Money matters - Fees:
The only fees required under the FOI are standard charges for duplication and where necessary, transcription. This does not exclude charges under any other laws.


Fascinating (lawyer) stuff:

Burden of proof of authorised denial is on public institution. This means that all you have to do is say that the institution refused your application and leave it to show that it the refusal was valid. *yawn*

The Official Secrets Act is no longer an excuse to restrict access. A public institution cannot deny access to part of a record containing results or product of environmental testing carried out by or on behalf of a public institution.

Downside

It looks like each state has to sign its own Freedom of Information Law. The National Assembly can only make laws for the public records of the federation and not the states.

http://funmilayo..com/2011/06/freedom-of-information-act-2011-good_05.html

For heavens sake, what picture again??

@slyr0x: The only thing 'wrong' is the title.

I think the transcript shows that web4africa has good support for a Nigerian host, so no harm done.

The OP wants to know why the files may have disappeared:

- One possibility is that your site was hacked or the file was changed by one of your developers by mistake. 

- Another possibility is data corruption due to disk failure.  Ask Web4africa if they had any recent disk issues. 

Cheers.

The issue at hand is Nigeria's unexpected win. A penalty kick awarded against Nigeria doesn't support the notion that the referee was paid to favor Nigeria. The referee didn't score the goals, and he wasn't part of the defense that failed to stop the goals. He did not favor Nigeria in the match. He gave one penalty to Nigeria and one penalty to Argentina. So whatever you think of his officiating, it's a completely different issue from this topic.

@Kobojunkie: reading the article, it's more of a declaration than a binding ban. According to the actual article, they are "declaring OGD and co to be persona non grata, unfit for public office, and recommended for further prosecution by EFCC". This is something any Nigerian can do.

That's stupid. Just get a BB and join the fun. If she loves the BB why rob her of the enjoyment?

I don't think we should attack privatization. We should promote liberalization instead.

Get your own blackberry and you and your wife can ping each other all day. That is all.

People have been known to give away their kidneys for free, so I don't understand the outrage.

kulutempa:
Well, well, well.  I smelt a rat when the referee gave 5 minutes of extra time after a second half that saw no injuries or any significant break in the match.   My suspicions were raised when the match went on to the 98th minute and I finally realised that something wrong was going on, when the ref made that strange penalty decision.  In my opinion that referee should be thoroughly investigated and even if he is not guilty of any wrongdoing, he should be fined and suspended for some time to punish him for  the way he handled that match.  It was disgraceful, and brought the game into disrepute.  Apparently the same ref was involved in a similar football scandal in Bahrain last year.

Dude you're getting it wrong.  The probe is about whether the Argentines were paid to lose. 
Nothing the referee did suggests that he was involved, so I don't know what you're saying.

Na wa o.  Poor guy. He didn't know the money wasn't his to take, so how can we blame him?