Nigeria, June 17 -- In a sharp rebuke of official silence, the Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI) has issued a clarion call to the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAuGF), demanding the immediate release of audit reports on the accounts of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for the years 2020 through 2023.

Over four months after submitting a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on February 11, 2025, the civic watchdog says it has been met with deafening silence, despite the clear stipulations of the FOI Act of 2011, which mandates transparency and timely disclosure of public information.

PLSI, a civil society organization committed to accountability in public finance, described the delay as t...