…Congratulates Dr. Orji on Appointment
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has welcomed with delight
the news of the appointment of Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji as the Executive Secretary
of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
A statement by the Corporation’s spokesman, Dr. Kennie Obateru, quoted the
Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, as applauding
President Muhammadu Buhari for the wonderful decision of appointing Dr. Orji as
the Executive Secretary of NEITI to continue the massive reforms currently in
progress in the oil and gas industry.
Mallam Kyari, who described Dr. Orji as a competent technocrat, EITI expert and
resource governance professional, said he has been deeply involved in NEITI and
NNPC engagements on reforms of the oil and gas industry over the past decade
and that the appointment was most timely.
He noted that as a supporting company of the EITI at the international level, NNPC
was ready to sustain its collaboration with NEITI under Dr. Orji's leadership in the
key areas of the agency’s industry audit process, exchange of information and data,
commodity trading, contract transparency, beneficial ownership, mainstreaming
and overall oil and gas industry reforms under the EITI/NEITI framework.
The NNPC helmsman expressed optimism that Dr. Orji would help consolidate the
gains so far achieved by the NNPC-NEITI Joint Committee on Remediation set up
to ensure speedy implementation of all the findings and recommendations
contained in NEITI Independent Audit Reports of the oil and gas industry.
