Information Minister Fatimantu Abubakar presented a report to Parliament on Friday, June 28, 2024 revealing that 43 public institutions were found to be non-compliant with the Right to Information(RTI) Act.

 The report, based on a 2023 compliance survey conducted by the Commission, also found that 198 institutions (79.2%) were compliant with the Act.

The report attributed the non-compliance largely to limited knowledge of the Act among the public institutions, she said.

Additionally, nine institutions, approximately 3.6% of the sample, required a revisit to assess their compliance status.

The report, she noted also detailed the determination of review applications received by the Commission in 2023.

According to her, a total of 92 applications were submitted, with 38 cases (41.3%) resolved through alternative dispute resolution.

Twenty-four applications representing (26.1%) were processed to the Commission's decision stage, while two applications representing (2.2%) were forwarded to the applicants for referral to the relevant institutions.

As of the end of 2023, 28 applications (30.4%) were still undergoing various phases of evaluation, she concluded.