According to
a statement signed by Director (Press), Office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi, his appointment is with immediate
effect.
Until his
appointment, Mr. Adio was a Communication Consultant and Publisher of Metrolope
Magazine.
Between 1995
and 2003, he held various editorial positions in Thisday Newspaper and was Special
Adviser, Research and Strategy, Office of the Senate President, Federal
Republic of Nigeria from August 2003 to October 2004.
He was
appointed Communication Specialist by United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) in 2004, a position he held until 2007 when he left to serve as Director
of Communications, NEITI from May 2007 to June 2008.
Adio
graduated with a BSc. (Mass Communication) from the University of Lagos in
1992, and obtained MSc. (Journalism) Degree from Columbia University, New York,
United States of America in 1999.
He also
holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, 2009.
Similarly,
President Buhari has also approved the appointment of a new National
Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG) which is the Governing Board for the NEITI
with the Minister of Solid Minerals Development as the Chairman of the new
board.
It would be reemphasized that NEITI is “mandated by law to
promote transparency and accountability in the management of Nigeria’s oil, gas
and mining revenues. A major component of the on-going anti-corruption reform
in Nigeria, it is the national version of the Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative (EITI), which is a global movement aimed at ensuring
that extractive resources aid sustainable development.
“NEITI was inaugurated in February 2004 by former President
Olusegun Obasanjo when he set up the National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG)
under the leadership of Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili. The NSWG oversees the
activities of NEITI and is made up representatives of government, extractive
companies and civil society. Among others, NEITI commissioned the first
comprehensive audit of Nigeria’s petroleum industry for the period 1999 to 2004
and is working with various stakeholders to build national consensus on the
need for extractive revenue transparency in Nigeria.
By the Nigerian
Extractive Industries mandates Transparency Initiative Act (2001), NEITI
is to promote due process and transparency in extractive revenues paid to and
received by government as well ensure transparency and accountability in the
application of extractive revenues.
”Since 2004, NEITI
has engaged in various activities in pursuit of its mandate. The major
activities include the following:
§
Commissioning of the Financial, Physical and Process Audits
of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry for the period 1999 to 2004. This was the first
comprehensive audit of this strategic industry since Nigeria struck oil in
1956;
§
Communicating the findings of the audit in a comprehensive
and comprehensible manner to various stakeholders;
§
Working with government agencies and other stakeholders to
remedy the lapses identified by the audit;
§
Building the capacity of civil society organizations,
government officials, parliamentarians and the media to understand and monitor
extractive revenue transparency in Nigeria;
§
Forging a national consensus on need for extractive revenue
transparency in Nigeria through outreach and advocacy activities such as
road-shows, consultative forums and town-hall meetings,” Official statement
said.
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