Journalists, CSOs Enlightened on Freedom of Information Act

“Over the years, the Liberian government has made many strides by enacting into law several policies to promote free speech and access to information, but the flow of information between citizens and government is limited as citizens barely get information from government upon request”, NAYMOTE says.   

To enable access to the free flow of information, NAYMOTE and its partners held a one-day advocacy training on the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act with 40 young political leaders, community-based organizations’ youth and student leaders, as well as journalists, including newspaper publishers, Public Relations Officers and Civil Society actors from Montserrado, Bong and Margibi Counties.

The training on December 22 at iCampus aimed to augment participants’ knowledge of the FOI law and how journalists and citizens should go about accessing information through the help Independent Information Commission (IIC).