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KUALA LUMPUR: It is better to repeal the Official Secrets Act (OSA) and replace it with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), says Syahredzan Johan.
Given the foregoing view credited to an editor of repute, and who knows his onions, it is germane to opine that the force of the of the law will remain a paper tiger as long as those that are supposed to readily avail information to Journalists, and Journalists that are on their part expected not to relent keep seeing the law as ostensibly inconsequential that the law will be of no effect. Thus, it can merely be considered be a law on Paper, but far from reality.
Former senator appeals federal court ruling that information watchdog’s lengthy delays were not unreasonable as it was bound by funding
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, has urged the state House of Assembly to ensure the domestication of Freedom of
The Code of Conduct Bureau has shunned a Freedom of Information request to disclose details of the assets declared by President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, as required by the law.