The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) National Stakeholders’ Working Group (NSWG) has been reconstituted with the approval of President Bola Tinubu. The group consists of fifteen members.

Sen. George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), is the chairman of the NSWG.

According to a statement by the director of information in the office of the SGF, Segun Omohiosen, the following are members:

• 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); Oghenegwueke Ajafia
• Member representative, Oil Producers Trade Section, Lagos Chamber of Commerce (OPTS);
• President, Miners Association of Nigeria, Dele Ayanleke
• Member representative of extractive companies (mining).

Representative of the Civil Member (to be elected by the CSOs). The OSGF has written to the CSOs through NEITI to elect & present their representative and the process is on.

• Member representative of Women/ Geo-scientist, former president, Association of Professional Women Engineers.
• Extractive Industries Expert, Nkechi Isigwe
• President NUPENG, Comrade Williams Apkoreha, member representative of industries Union in oil and gas

Zones

• Abubakar Mu’Azu, member representative of North – East Zone
• Musa Abdullahi Lawan, member representative of North -West
• 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
• Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji Secretary to the NSWG.
• Executive Secretary/CEO (in office on five-year single tenure)

The inauguration of the Board will be announced in due course