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FOI Violations: IPC Seeks Sanctions’ Review For Public Officials

Kingsley Chukwu3 months ago05 mins

The International Press Centre (IPC) has called for a review of the sanctions regime for Freedom of Information (FOI) Act violations by public officials. Mr Lanre Arogundade, the Executive Director of the IPC, made the call on Monday in Abuja in his opening remarks at the opening of a two-day Stakeholders’s Technical Meeting on FOI…

Lassa Fever Outbreak Reveals IPC Failures, Rising Healthcare Costs – NCDC

Kingsley Chukwu7 months ago06 mins

Renowned Nigerian physician, Dr Tochi Okwor, said that the 2018 Lassa fever outbreak exposed critical gaps in the nation’s infection prevention and control (IPC) system. Okwor is the Head of Disease Prevention and Control at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). She made the assertion while sharing her firsthand experience of the…