By Sarah NEGEDU
The Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, has been given a fresh three-day deadline to release full details of its partnership with Takushara Nigeria Limited, the council’s technical partner on outdoor advertisements, or face legal action from a civil society group.
The demand which was issued by a pressure group, Concerned Citizens of the Federal Capital Territory, followed AMAC’s alleged refusal to respond to an earlier Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted on November 24, 2025—well beyond the seven-day statutory timeline.
In a follow-up letter addressed to the AMAC Chairman, Hon. Christopher Maikalangu, and obtained by The Abuja Inquirer, the group’s Coordinator, Dr. Joel Dipo, said the council’s silence amounted to a breach of the FOI Act, 2011.
“We kindly write to inform you that seven days has elapsed but we are yet to receive the said information.
“We will be inclined to give your office an additional three days from the date of receipt of this letter to furnish us with the information requested,” the letter stated.
The CSO said it is seeking transparency over the entire process that produced Takushara Nigeria Limited as AMAC’s technical partner, insisting that credible intelligence points to alleged malfeasance in the council’s advertisement revenue system.
Dipo linked the request to information about an individual allegedly circulating the council’s account details and collecting revenues on its behalf, a development he said raises serious accountability concerns.
The group is demanding four specific documents: the public advertisement inviting applications for the partnership; Takushara’s application and those of other bidders; the Memorandum of Understanding between the company and AMAC; and the financial statement showing inflows generated from the partnership.
Citing the mandatory disclosure provisions of the FOI Act, the letter quoted: “By the provision of section 2(2) [of the FOI Act], a public institution shall ensure proper organization and maintenance of all information in its custody in a manner that facilitates public access to such information.”
While the organisation said it initially gave the council the benefit of the doubt, it warned that further refusal would trigger immediate legal proceedings.
“However sir, in the case you refuse to release the needed information as stipulated by the law, Take Notice that we will immediately initiate a suit in a competent court of jurisdiction,” the letter concluded.
