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5 Days of ATI Facts- Day 5: Private bodies: As we had discussed before, Access to Information is a facilitative right to enable you to defend your rights. Because of this, the Access to Information Act extends beyond government entities to include private bodies. This means that individuals can also request information from private organisations that perform public functions or provide public services. Embracing transparency in both public and private sectors is key to fostering accountability and empowering citizens. #AccessToInformation #AdministrativeLawPractitioner #Accountability #kenya

Fellow Nigerians, I've come to realise that many who complain about lack of Govt assistance in their sector don't even know which MDA or Govt officials are responsible. All they do is go on media space like cry babies or wait for a Govt official to attend their programme for them to lay their complaints in speeches which the person will promptly forget as soon as he/she leaves the venue. Now hear my counsel, if you have any need of Govt assistance in your sector, put together a proper, reasonable and comprehensive proposal, identify the MDA and officials responsible and submit it to them. If no action is taken after a reasonable period, then you can go to the media and make noise (even cry) about it. This I believe is a more profitable approach than just complaining to all and sundry about the lack of Govt assistance.

Complaints to the NWT Ombud office increased a whopping 45% last year! You can find this and other information about our work in our 2023/2024 Annual Report, which was released yesterday. Highlights include a set of principles for authorities to keep in mind to ensure Fairness in Times of Disaster. In the words of New Zealand Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier, “It is never more important than in times of crisis for government agencies to be transparent, accountable, and fair.” Get the full report here: https://bit.ly/3Uz24QL

Today, our Office of the Ombudsman published its annual report that highlights the activities and services provided to stakeholders in 2023. Read the full report🔖➡️ https://lnkd.in/e8Kb6afG

Mark your calendars! The June 27 Commission meeting will include: E-1 (Implementation of Dynamic Line Ratings), E-4 (NERC’s petition for approval of proposed Reliability Standard EOP-012-2 (Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness and Operations)), E-5 (Revisions to Regulations on ERO’s Performance Assessments), and E-6 (NERC’s petition for approval of proposed revisions to the Rules of Procedure to address unregistered Inverter Based Resources)!

🏛️ As a vital part of ensuring transparency and accountability in government actions, parliamentary oversight is crucial for monitoring laws, budgets, and programs, upholding democratic values, and building trust. Explore how governments can improve parliamentary oversight through reform examples from Malawi 🇲🇼, New Zealand 🇳🇿, and Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨. Learn more in a NEW chapter of the Open Gov Guide: https://lnkd.in/emYp69cw

Folks here is a petition that we want to take to our lawmakers in August. We want 100k signatures by then. Please help us get a 100k signatures. Sign and ask friends. Let us see if we can come together for reform. https://lnkd.in/dnSGDv_u We urge Pakistanis from all walks of life to *Sign the petition of PIDE Reforms Manifesto* because change is always rooted, bottom-up and communal; the change is us. Pakistan’s current economic downturn requires reflexive policy intervention that paves the way for self-perpetuating growth. The country’s body polity, however, has consistently remained unaffected by the economic woes of a common person. The policy interventions, so far, have at most resulted in one-off quick fixes. The lacunae on both policy framing and implementation have created a socio-political vacuum leaving people of Pakistan to suffer. What can the people of Pakistan do to bring about change? PIDE as the country’s think tank has developed a reforms manifesto based on years of action-oriented research, consultation and activism across all over Pakistan. The research has been compiled into a manifesto which encompasses 10 critical reforms. The frameworks to operationalise each of Pakistan. Petition Link: chng.it/sQvNxjmpqL

Transmission line rating enthusiasts take note of FERC June agenda item E-1:  Implementation of Dynamic Line Ratings

Dynamic Line Rating is GETting it's well needed attention! A better and secure future for our Transmission Infrastructure!

It doesnt move me that an organization like African National Congress(ANC) was able to fill up a stadium with a capacity of over 45000. This organization has more than 4000 branches, led by Branch Executive Committee(BEC) which also consists of 20 people. If you multiply 4000 branches by 20 BEC members, it gives me 80 000 people. This excludes National Executive Committee(NEC), Provincial Executive Committees(PEC), Regional Executive Committees(REC), All Autonomous Structures and Alliance structures. These above mentioned numbers proves that theres no stadium in the entire country that ANC could fail to fill up. My concern, a giant organization like ANC cannot celebrate filling up the stadium because its given that they are capable to do that at any given day, year and time. It saddens me to see so many leaders celebrating that, instead of celebrating the achievements of what this giant organization has achieved during this past 5years while being trusted by the electorate. Im expecting the President to give us a proper plan on how they are going to fix our basic problems such as potholes, value for money we pay as ratepayers, lazy ANC councillors, a clear strategy for all councils to account for the use of public money. I also expect him to give proper plan to deal with all micro and macroeconomic issues our country is faced with. Lastly, i so wish kungaba nama minimum academic requirements for someone to qualify to be a ward councillor instead of just taking anyone.