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Published 13 May 2021
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is partnering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
Executive Secretary, NEITI, Orji Ogbonnaya-Orji, said the aim of partnerships was to ensure the enforcement of compliance and sanctions in the extractive sectors.
The NEITI boss, who disclosed this at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja in a meeting with reporters, stressed that compliance had been a challenge to extractive industries transparency initiative.
He said, “One of the challenges we have in implementing the EITI is compliance and enforcement. You are aware that reports are published in Nigeria and is usually (a challenge) to implement.
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