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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has inducted the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, for consistently disregarding its duties and obligations under the FOI Act, thereby undermining the public’s right of access to information. NABDA was established in November 2001 as a parastatal under the […]
Ms Sadiku has had a troubled tenure after leaving a lucrative career as top investment banker to lead Nigeria's investment promotion agency.
The event, which was launched virtually, highlighted the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), which were compliant in disclosing procurement information as required by the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) on Nigeria’s Open Contracting Portal (NOCOPO).
By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE Public and Private Development Centre,PPDC,has decried the high rate of abandoned projects across the country, asking authorities to take actions towards completing them for effective use. It regretted that public institutions were awarding contracts without following through their execution, leading to abandonment by contractors just as it said some awarded contracts were merely in pages of papers without physical trace. The organization particularly fingered the National Primary Health Care Agency,NPHCDA and the Universal Basic Education Commission,UBEC project...
Google.org grants, free online safety books and government collaborations for Safer Internet Day 9 February 2021 – Google today announced a number of initiatives across Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, bolstering its continued efforts to keep children, young people and families safe online. Aligning with the theme of this year’s global Safer Internet Day, “Together for a better Internet”, Google has teamed up with several organisations across the continent to boost education efforts and develop programmes around online safety. With an estimated 346 million internet users that came o...