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Nigeria is set to become just the fourth African nation with a freedom of information law, following South Africa, Uganda and Angola. The bill, adopted unanimously by the Senate earlier this week, has been pending in Parliament since 1999. It was approved by the Nigerian House of Representatives in 2004. The House and Senate versions of the bill are very similar but must still be reconciled and then either signed by President Obasanjo or approved by two-thirds of Parliament to become law. For further coverage of the Nigerian freedom of information law, see http://www.justiceinitiative.org/db/resource2?res_id=103474
