President Muhammadu Buhari’s office is among the most non-transparent government institutions as it immensely hoards public information, especially its financial dealings from Nigerians, a new survey reveals.
The State House is the third least responsive public institution in this year’s Freedom of Information and Compliance ranking, coming 189 out of 191.
The survey was unveiled on Thursday as it is being done every September 28 since 2013.
The annual ranking, in its seventh edition, was conducted by the Public and Private Development Centre [PPDC] in collaboration with BudgIT Information Technology Network, Media Rights Agenda, Connected Development (CODE) and the Basic Rights Watch.
The research ranked 191 public institutions and 12 security agencies based on their level of disclosure to public finance expenditure information.
The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) and the Federal Ministry of Transportation ranked lower on the the table of all public agencies.
According to the ranking, the Federal Ministry of Defense, the Defense Intelligence Service, and Nigeria Immigration Service are the three most unresponsive security agencies.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) emerged the most compliant public institution, the Federal Fire Service came tops in the security agency category.
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