2024 NEITI Board Retreat
by IDEA-NG
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) held a five-day retreat for its newly appointed board members at the Marriot Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos State. The event was organised by the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC II) Programme in Nigeria, which the European Union funds. The retreat aimed to ensure that the newly appointed board members understood their roles and responsibilities in promoting transparency and accountability in Nigeria's extractive industries.
Highlights of the retreat were technical sessions and discussions by participants on NEITI's 5-year Strategic Plan (2022-2026), the NEITI Act 2007, and the challenges facing Nigeria's extractive sector with a view to providing a roadmap for the actualisation of the mandate of the organisation. The retreat also outlined strategies to implement reforms aimed at improving governance, combating oil theft, and ensuring efficient resource management, some of which include advocacy for the implementation of remedial actions from NEITI audit reports, and driving citizens' engagement at grassroots levels through the NEITI Civil Society Steering committee.
