Three Civil Society Organisations have dragged the Niger Delta Development Commission to court over its alleged failure to furnish them (the CSOs) with its 2020 budget breakdown in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
He said the groups wanted the commission to make available to them details of the vendors used in the procurement process, details of the bidding process, details of the contractors who executive the projects, details of the executed projects/location of the projects budgeted as well as the process of the disbursement to the contractors.
They said the request was made in compliance with the provisions of the FoI Act which entitled citizens, groups the right to request information from government institutions, individuals and corporate organisations.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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