Buhari appoints a new board for for NEITI

February 24, 2016 Wisdom Ananaba

Adetokunbo Fakeye

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a new National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG) otherwise known as Governing Board for the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

According to a statement by the Director (Press), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebayo, the composition of the new Governing Board is as follows:Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development-Chairman

(ii)Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance-Member

(iii)Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum

Corporation(NNPC)-Member

(iv)President, Miners Association of Nigeria-Member

(v)Representative of the Civil Society Organizations

(to be elected by the organizations)-Member

(vi)President, Nigeria Mining and Geosciences Society-Member

(vii)President, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural

Gas (NUPENG)-Member

(viii)Hannatu Musa Musawa (Journalist), Representative,

North-West Geo-Political zone-Member

(ix)Mr. Lawan Gana Lantaiwa (Consultant), Representative,

North-East Geo-Political Zone-Member

(x)Mr. Bernard B. A. Ver (Accountant), Representative,

North-Central Geo-Political Zone-Member

(xi)Mrs. Anne Adaeze Onyekwena (Representative,

South-East Geo-Political Zone)-Member

(xii)Mr. Emmanuel Chiejina (Lawyer), Representative,

South-South Geo-Political Zone-Member

(xiii)Mr. Gbenga Onayiga (Journalist), Representative,

South-West Geo-Political Zone-Member

(xiv)Mr. Waziri Onibiyo Adio- Executive Secretary.

The new Governing Board, according to the statement will be inaugurated in due course.

has approved the appointment of a new National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG) otherwise known as Governing Board for the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).