Nigeria, July 31 -- The Publisher of PREMIUM TIMES and Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), Dapo Olorunyomi, has warned that democracy devoid of transparency is nothing but a "hollow shell."

Mr Olorunyomi made the remark at the public unveiling and launch of the CJID Openness Index report on Thursday in Abuja.

The index report is a new tool designed to measure institutional transparency, civic participation, and access to information across Nigeria.

The report was developed with support from the Embassy of the Netherlands, and aims to provide an evidence-based framework to assess how open and participatory governance is at both national and subnational levels.

In his welcome address, ...