Abuja, Nigeria, February 23, 2016 – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a new Governing Board for the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
The President announced the appointment in a statement signed by Director Press, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Bolaji Adebiyi,
Members of the new Governing Board are
(i)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.
He said the new Governing Board will be inaugurated in due course.
