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FG circulars go digital, unveils FOI web portal
In efforts to facilitate easy compliance to the provisions of the FOI Act and enshrine the culture of openness and improve governance in the country the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has unveiled the first FOI web portal.
Director-General of BPSR, Dr. Joe Abah also revealed that the Federal Government has digitalised the use of circulars within the service for spontaneous responses.
According to him, the web portal will enable the public to get information requested for in less than 24 hours.
He made the disclosure at the official handing over ceremony of the re-designed website to BPSR by Right To Know [R2K] a website designer.
He said, ”We are proud to be the first government agency in the country to have an electronic platform for receiving Freedom of Information requests, BPSR is indeed grateful for the support of R2K for the laudable support and initiative.
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“Bureau of Public Service Reforms [BPSR] and Right To Know [R2K] a website designer, redesigned the website, www.bpsr.gov.ng of BPSR and launched the first ever Freedom of Information portal enabled to receive electronic reply to their request from both the public and private sectors.
“BPSR is calling on all public institutions across the country to commence similar processes that would facilitate their easy compliance to the provisions of the FOI Act that would enshrine the culture of openness and improve governance in the country.”
He also stated that the initiative is supported by the MacArthur Foundation as part of an on-going partnership between BPSR and R2K.
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