Friday, November 6, 2009

The FOI Bill and Nigerian Corrupt Lawmakers



Please help us collect the email address of all elected Lawmakers in Nigeria. We will launch a campaign to force our senators and Representatives to pass the Freedom of Information and the Whistle blowers Bill. Every concerned Nigerian should write to his senator, his Representative and ask: Where is our Freedom of Information Bill?


Quote: "The business of bringing information to the people is vital to the sustenance of societal goals. Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light, the most efficient policeman. But publicity is the oil that greases the whee1s of democracy because only a well-informed citizenry can promote the cause of democracy". Ray Ekpu
But to Nigerian fat and corrupt Lawmakers, the FOI Bill should be killed and "The reasons are obvious, and we know them. And because they are afraid”, says as a member of the House of Representatives Hon. Aliyu Pategi.
Hopes that the Freedom of Information (FoI) Bill may be passed into law during the current session of the National Assembly dimmed yesterday as a member of the House of Representatives Hon. Aliyu Pategi said the bill was unlikely to scale through the numerous hurdles erected along its path.