headquarters of the Commission in Monrovia.

According to a IIC press release issued here Monday, the hearing was prompted by a complaint filed by Mr. Nyenkan, a resident of Lakpazee, against the University of Liberia administration for its failure to provide him detailed information about the 2012-2013 University of Liberia entrance examination which all candidates failed.

Consistent with Section 3.2 of the Liberia Freedom of Information Act, Mr. Nyenkan wanted to obtain detailed information on the entrance results, including questionnaires, answer sheets and methods used in the grading process.

In a letter to University of Liberia President, Dr. Emmett Dennis, IIC Commissioner Cllr. Mark Bedor-Wla Freeman requested the UL to make a written submission on its response to Mr. Nyenkan’s request before or on the date of the hearing on Thursday.

“The scheduled hearing is expected to finalize the matter between complainant Nyenkan and the University of Liberia, at the level of the IIC,” the Commission said in its letters to the UL administration and Mr. Nyenkan, the release concluded.

Liberia acceded to the Freedom of Information Law on September 16, 2010, becoming the first country in West Africa and the sixth in Africa to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) Law.

 FOI law allows access by the general public to data held by government or private institutions performing public duties.

It establishes a "right-to-know" legal process by which requests may be made for government-held information to be received freely or at minimal cost, barring standard exceptions.
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