8 No.6 Access to Information Act 2016 PART III ACCESS TO INFORMATION (a) Obligation to provide information Appointment of information officers 7.-(1) Every information holder shall appoint one or more officers as information officers. (2) An information officer shall deal with requests for information and render assistance to a person seeking such information. (3) Where an information holder fails to appoint an information officer, the head of such institution shall be the information officer for the purpose of this Act. Obligation to keep information 8.-(1) Every information holder shall maintain record of information that is under the control of such information holder. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the information holder shall maintain every record for a period of not less than thirty years after a date on which the information is generated or a date on which such information came under the control of the information holder. Obligation to publish certain information 9.-(1) Every information holder shall, not later than thirty six months after the commencement of this Act, issue a notice to the public in the Gazette,website or news paper of wide circulation containing the following(a) a description of its structure, functions and responsibilities including those of any of its statutory officers or advisory committee; (b) statutory officers or advisory committees; and (c) a general description of categories of information held by such information holder. (2) The notice shall include particulars of the officer to whom requests for official information or particular classes of information shall be sent.