A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered Dr. Betta Edu to release details of how her ministry, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development spent the sum of N535.8 million.
This money was expended on feeding school children during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the minister and the ministry to furnish a civil society group with parts of the information sought in line with Section 25(1) of the Freedom of Information (FOl) Act, 2011.
Justice Maha held that the minister’s failure to respond to the group’s letter dated Aug. 6, 2020 or even give reasons for the refusal to respond to the request as prescribed under the FOI Act contravened the provisions of Section 4(a) and (b) of the act.