Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC), has sued the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over alleged non-disclosure of information and disregard to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

The PPDC had approached the court for an injunction seeking to compel the NNPC to obey the FOI law and make available necessary information that was supposed to be in public domain regarding procurement of contract.

The civil society organization has filed this case at the Abuja High Court in a suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/279/2013 which hearing has been fixed for October 23,2013.

According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PPDC, Ms Seember Nyager who disclosed this at a workshop for journalist organized by the Media Rights Agenda in Lagos, the NNPC is a public institution entrusted with public funds and therefore should be accountable and transparent.

She disclosed however that the PPDC has taken NNPC to court because NNPC has scored zero on organizational information disclosure, and in the provision of details of deals agreed with governments and partners on energy projects.