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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has approved the reconstitution of a 15-man National Stakeholders’ Working Group (NSWG) for Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by Segun Imohiosen, Director, Information & Public Relations, For: Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The statement said the NSWG is headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume as Chairman.
Others included Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Zacch Adedeji
Member, Government Representative, Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, Member Representative of extractive companies (oil and gas), Mr. Oghenegwueke Ajafia, Member
Oil Producers Trade Section, Lagos Chamber of Commerce (OPTS)
Others are President, Miners Association of Nigeria, Mr. Dele Ayanleke, Member Representative of extractive companies (mining), Representative of the Civil Member (To be elected by the CSOs), (The statement added that the OSGF has written to the CSOs through NEITI to elect & present their representative and the process is on.), Engr. (Mrs.) Nkechi Isigwe,
Member Representative of Women/ Geo-scientist. Former President, Association of Professional Women Engineers. Extractive Industries Expert.
Also in the group are
President NUPENG, Comrade Willians Apkoreha, Member,
Representative of industries Union in oil and gas, Barr. Musa Abdullahi* Lawan, Member, Representative of North -West
Zone, Abubakar Mu'azu, Member
Representative of North - East
Zone, Amb. Matthew Sunday Adoli, Member, Representative from North - Central Zone, Olasupo, Abdel-Jeleel Taiwo, Member
Representative of South -West, Chief Israel Ikechukwu Ikwuegbu,
Member, Representative of South - East, Dr. Stephen Leo Akpan, Member, Representative of South - South, and Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji,
Secretary to the NSWG, Executive Secretary/CEO (in Office on 5-year Single Tenure).
The inauguration of the Board, the statement said, will be announced in due course.