Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Nigeria: Who’s afraid of information?

Last week was an excellent one for Nigeria’s tribe of thieves, money launderers and raiders of the public treasury. First, the House of Representatives squelched the Freedom of Information Bill without as much as weighing its merits. Then the Senate, after its accustomed wretched approach to its constitutional mandate, confirmed Mrs. Farida Waziri as the new head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/columnists/offside/2008/offside-june-10-2008.htm

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