|
NTA Kaduna Begins
Transmission of FOI Programme
A television discussion programme that highlights the importance of a
Freedom of Information law to different sectors of the Nigerian society
will begin on April 30 on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Kaduna.
Titled “Freedom of Information and You”, it will run every Sunday between
5.00 and 5.30 pm for 10 weeks.
The programme is sponsored by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) with the support
of European Commission.
Discussants in the programme include media professionals and human rights
workers including Odia Ofeimun, journalist, poet and former President of
the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi, Country
Representative of Freedom House/Nigeria; Mr. Lanre Arogundade, the
Coordinator of the International Press Center (IPC); Mr. Nurudeen Ogbara,
Director of Citizens Center; and Mrs. Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, Executive
Director of Project Alert on Violence Against Women.
Others are Mr. Sina Loremikan, the South-West Coordinator of the Zero
Corruption Coalition (ZCC); Mr. Adewale Adeoye, the Executive Director of
Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER), Mr. Kingsley Obom-Egbulem, a
Programme Officer at Journalists Against Aids (JAAIDS); Mr. Akinbode
Oluwafemi, a Programme Manager at the Environmental Rights Action (ERA);
and Mr. Lesley Adogame, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Environmental
Society (NES).
The weekly discussions will cover how a regime of access to information in
Nigeria will help to raise standards in research and academics, tackle the
agitations for self determination and conflict transformation as well as
benefit women in Nigeria in resolving issues of concern to them. It will
also explore how an FOI law can aid transparency and accountability, make
the fight against corruption more effective and ensure that the
environment is saved from perennial abuse by exploration and exploitation
of natural resources, including crude oil, in Nigeria. The programme will
also talk about how an FOI will benefit artisans, farmers, traders and
other sectors of the Nigerian society.
|
