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Atlas v0.1 · Right to information · Right to service

Nigeria

Federal Republic of Nigeria · ISO NGA

Nigeria has a rated national right-to-information law (adopted 2011, scored 88/150 by the RTI Rating, checked 2026-07-05), and a candidate service-rights route exists that we have not confirmed against the official text. Subdivision entries below marked “to confirm” are tasks, not facts.

Your first move, anywhere

Request legal route, responsible officer, fees, timeline, appeal route, and one high-value record: budget, contract, land, hospital stock, service standard, audit, court delay, police complaint, or procurement payment.

Convert the legal right into a citizen test: receipt, tracking number, statutory deadline, written reasons, actual record release, appeal, and proactive publication.

Capture flags to watch: Delay; discretion; opacity; fragmentation; fear; patron dependency; counterfeit transparency

Right to information

Sourced

National lawFreedom of Information Act, 2011 Official text still to confirm before you rely on it.
RTI Rating score88/150 · rank 64 · Moderate legal framework
Where the law is strong and weakRight of access 3/6 · Scope 29/30 · Requesting procedures 12/30 · Exceptions and refusals 22/30 · Appeals 4/30 · Sanctions and protections 7/8 · Promotional measures 11/16

Source: RTI Rating country data · last checked 2026-07-05

Right to service

To confirm

StatusCandidate legal family, needs official verification
Legal familyCitizen charter / ombudsman / administrative justice route
Candidate route (to confirm)Verify citizen or client service charter, ombudsman jurisdiction, judicial-review/administrative-justice statute, digital-service standards and sectoral deadlines.
The usability test to runReceipt + tracking + deadline + written reason + appeal + remedy + claimant protection
NoteDo not count a Public Service Commission as RTS unless it creates enforceable service standards for citizens.

Sources: OECD Administrative Simplification

Help confirm this

Search the official gazette and government sites for: "Nigeria" "right to service" OR "public service guarantee" OR "citizen charter" OR "service charter" OR "administrative procedure" OR "ombudsman". Found the law? Send it through the route below.

Inside Nigeria: 37 subdivisions

Where a subdivision shows a cited law, the citation comes from the named source and the official text still needs confirming. Where it shows nothing, the national law may apply and the local rules are unconfirmed.

What to confirm at your local office, whichever subdivision you are in

Records that should already be published: Budget; procurement; contract awards; payment status; public land; service standards; audit reports; subsidies; court/police/hospital/school records.

CodeSubdivisionTypeAccess-law statusSource · checked
NG-ABAbiaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-ADAdamawaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-AKAkwa IbomStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-ANAnambraStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-BABauchiStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-BEBenueStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-BOBornoStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-BYBayelsaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-CRCross RiverStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-DEDeltaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-EBEbonyiStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-EDEdoStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-EKEkitiStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-ENEnuguStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-FCAbuja Federal Capital TerritoryCapital territoryNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-GOGombeStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-IMImoStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-JIJigawaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-KDKadunaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-KEKebbiStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-KNKanoStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-KOKogiStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-KTKatsinaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-KWKwaraStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-LALagosStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-NANasarawaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-NINigerStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-OGOgunStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-ONOndoStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-OSOsunStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-OYOyoStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-PLPlateauStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-RIRiversStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-SOSokotoStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-TATarabaStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-YOYobeStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05
NG-ZAZamfaraStateNo local law confirmed · national law may apply: Freedom of Information Act, 2011 To confirmsource · 2026-07-05

Right to service, all 37 subdivisions: Candidate legal family, needs official verification (inherited from the national status above).

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The atlas is the open reference layer: every jurisdiction, graded, with unverified entries shown as tasks. The Capture Index is a separate scored product: verified sources only, with right of reply before publication.