This commission maintains that the disclosure of the requested information about functions of the Respondent, ECP and expenditures incurred in performing these functions is warranted by both the letter as well as the spirit of the Act, 2017.
This Commission has observed that information of public importance mentioned in Section 5 of the Act is not being published through the web site of federal public bodies, including the Respondent, ECP. In fact, the Web sites of federal public bodies contain generic information and not specific information as required under Section 5 of the Act. This is despite the fact that Principal Officer of each public body was required to ensure proactive disclosure of information through web site within 6 months of the commencement of the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017.