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No.6
Access to Information Act
2016
PART III
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
(a) Obligation to provide information
Appointment of
information
officers
7.-(1) Every information holder shall appoint one
or more officers as information officers.
(2) An information officer shall deal with
requests for information and render assistance to a person
seeking such information.
(3) Where an information holder fails to appoint
an information officer, the head of such institution shall
be the information officer for the purpose of this Act.
Obligation to
keep information
8.-(1) Every information holder shall maintain
record of information that is under the control of such
information holder.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the
information holder shall maintain every record for a
period of not less than thirty years after a date on which
the information is generated or a date on which such
information came under the control of the information
holder.
Obligation to
publish certain
information
9.-(1) Every information holder shall, not later
than thirty six months after the commencement of this
Act, issue a notice to the public in the Gazette,website or
news paper of wide circulation containing the following(a) a description of its structure, functions and
responsibilities including those of any of its
statutory officers or advisory committee;
(b) statutory officers or advisory committees;
and
(c) a general description of categories of
information held by such information
holder.
(2) The notice shall include particulars of the
officer to whom requests for official information or
particular classes of information shall be sent.