The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act was passed into Law on the 28th day of May 2011 by then President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
The FOI Act seeks “to make public records and information more freely available, provide for public access to public records and information, protect public records and information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the protection of personal privacy, protect serving public officers from adverse consequences of disclosing certain kinds of official information without authorization and establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes and; for related matters.”
Section 2 (4) of the Act states:
“A public institution shall ensure that information referred to in this section is widely disseminated and made readily available to members of the public through various means, including print, electronic and online sources, and at the offices of such public institutions.”
Section 2 (5) goes further to state that:
“A public institution shall update and review information required to be published under this section periodically, and immediately whenever changes occur.”