Right to Know Day 2009
International Right to Know Day on 28 September 2009 will be celebrated by civil society organizations from around the world. Below you can find further information on activities in different countries and their organisers.
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Right to know day 2009 - Nigeria |
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There are no translations available. Organizer: Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and Right to Know Movement in Nigeria (R2K Nigeria) Date: 28th September 2009 Event: Campign for Law Enforcement in Nigeria Description: AS the world today celebrates the World Right to Know Day, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and Right to Know Movement in Nigeria (R2K Nigeria) have launch a campaign to enforce Nigerian laws, which contain guarantees of access to publicly-held information. The organisations identified no fewer than six federal Acts and official policy documents that guarantee the public's right of access to publicly-held documents, including Section 39 of the 1999 Constitution; Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act (1990); the Archives Act; the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (1992); the Fiscal Responsibility Act (2007), the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency (NEITI) Act, 2007; and the SERVICOM Charter. On the reasons for the campaign, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, NGE President and Editor-in-Chief, Vanguard Newspapers, said: "a government elected by citizens has nothing to gain from secrecy. Failure to enforce the access to information provisions in our laws is at the heart of the current rot, decay, high level corruption and misappropriation of public funds currently plaguing our country.
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