Mele Kyari Reacts To ‘Massive’ NEITI Endorsement, Vows To Deepen Transparency And Accountability In NNPC
The newly appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari, has expressed deep appreciation for the endorsement of his new appointment by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
Kyari took to his Twitter handle on Thursday to thank NEITI for the endorsement, while noting that he is “deeply challenged to do more on transparency and accountability aspirations” of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the global transparency community.
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THE WHISTLER had earlier reported how NEITI, the transparency watchdog for the extractive industry in Nigeria, described Kyari as a “well-known transparency champion and one who enthusiastically shares the principles which underline the work of NEITI and the global EITI on good governance of the oil and gas industry”.
NEITI, which represents the Nigerian arm of the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, described President Buhari’s appointment of the new NNPC GMD as a welcomed development.
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The Initiative’s Executive Secretary, Waziri Adio, who reacted to the news from Paris, France, where he is attending the global conference of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), noted that Kyari is a member of the global EITI working group on commodity trading transparency.
Adio said, “Mele Kyari’s appointment has placed him in a vantage position to push the frontiers of openness and to work more closely with NEITI and the global EITI to implement remedial issues in NEITI’s reports.”
He recalled that: “Just yesterday, Mr. Kyari participated at a session on “the business case for state-owned enterprise and commodity trading transparency’ at the EITI global conference in Paris, France”.
“His commitments to the values of EITI are not in doubt,” he added. “On behalf of the Board, Management and Staff of NEITI, I congratulate Mr. Kyari on this well-deserved appointment. We look forward to close collaboration between our two organisations in the interest of our country and we do hope that transparency and accountability will be taking notches higher and indeed mainstreamed in the operations of NNPC under his watch.”
