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The Schedule Officer for Freedom of information FOI, at the NYSC state Secretariat Comrade Ogban Ogban has encouraged members of the NYSC Scheme to maximized the platform of the FOI Act make available to everyone by the federal government to access information From public office holders freely without hindrance.
Ogban stated this during his sensitization lecture at the NYSC permanent orientation camp Obubra for the 2023 batch C stream 1 corps members deployed to Cross River State
He Said the freedom of information Act, 2011 was passed by the national on the 24th May, 2011 and assented by president Goodluck Jonathan on the 28th, May, 2011.
According to the schedule officer, the Act applies not only to public institutions but also to providing public services performing functions or utilizing public funds.
He added that the act gives a person , group , association or organization the right to access information from government agencies, parastatals , federal civil service, private and public sector organization providing public services.
Comrade Ogban further stated that the act builds on the the presumption of openness by placing on those who wish to to keep public information away from the people , the onuns to justify why they have to do so, Ogban explained.
