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Monica Nieporte Did you ever wonder why government entities have to put a legal notice into the newspaper? For one, it is a method of properly notifying interested parties that something is about to happen. For instance, the city advertises for asphalt bids for the parking lot behind city hall. Any interested contractor who would like the job can see the specifications of the bid and how to apply to potentially get the work. This keeps things honest for the taxpayers in a few ways. It creates competition, and likely a lower job cost, than if the city officials just picked up the phone and called the first contractor who came to mind. It also helps resolve any real or perceived conflicts of interest. Let’s say the mayor’s brother just so happens to own an asphalt business. You can see why giving everyone a fair chance to submit a bid is even more important in that circumstance.

REVIEW: Prioritising journalists in Nigeria s COVID-19 vaccination plan, lessons from Zimbabwe, others

Nigeria on March 2, got delivered its first batch of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, becoming the third country in Africa to get the shots through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX), a global scheme formed to ensure fair access to vaccination for low- and middle-income states. An aircraft belonging to Emirate Airlines made the delivery of about 3.94 million doses of the vaccine, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in Abuja, part of the jabs that COVAX plans to deliver to the country over the coming months. On March 5, the government commenced the vaccination of frontline healthcare workers in Abuja, followed by strategic leaders on March 8, whom they described as priority recipients.

Sunshine Week: Transparent government essential to public oversight

 Thomas Worthington Ohio s sixth governor (1814-1818) was an enlightened man. Worthington s words are etched in glass in a framed display in the crypt of the Statehouse, a back-lit reminder of the importance of the citizenry s right to know. Sunday marks the annual observance of the News Leaders Association s Sunshine Week underscoring the vital value of open government and access to public records and meetings. Amid so-called alternative facts and a divisive dialogue often consumed with competing claims of truth, public records provide a basis for ferreting out fact and calling out fiction. “Transparency in government processes and decisions and the public having access to the records related to those decisions is increasingly important, said Monica Nieporte, executive director of the Ohio News Media Association.

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