President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a new National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG), also known as Governing Board for the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
According to a statement by the Director (Press) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Bolaji Adebiyi, the new board will be inaugurated soon.
The composition of the new board include: Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development – Chairman, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance – member, Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – member.
Others are President, Miners Association of Nigeria – Member, Representative of the Civil Society Organizations (to be elected by the organisations) – member, President, Nigeria Mining and Geosciences Society – member, President, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) – Member, Hannatu Musa Musawa (journalist), Representative, North-West Geo-Political zone – member.
Also in the board are Mr. Lawan Gana Lantaiwa (Consultant), Representative, North-East Geo-Political Zone – member, Mr. Bernard B. A. Ver (Accountant), Representative, North-Central Geo-Political Zone – member, Mrs. Anne Adaeze Onyekwena (Representative, South-East Geo-Political Zone) – member.
Others include Mr. Emmanuel Chiejina (lawyer), representative, South-South Geo-Political Zone – Member, Mr. Gbenga Onayiga (journalist), representative, South-West Geo-Political Zone – member, Mr. Waziri Onibiyo Adio – Executive Secretary.
Until his appointment, Adio was a Communication Consultant and Publisher of Metrolope Magazine.