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EITI endorses Buhari’s anti-graft war

TVC E The board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has endorsed the ongoing anti-corruption campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

EITI, a global body monitoring transparency in the extractive industries, is now headed by former Swedish Prime Minister, Fredrick Rayfield, who is expected to over from Clair Short  very soon.

The purpose of the visit is to convey the endorsement of the EITI to the courageous war against corruption that is ongoing in Nigeria.

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The Acting Executive Secretary of the body, Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, who stated this to journalists in Abuja, Friday, said the team will interact with the National Assembly, media and others.

Orji said, “In recognition of all that is going on in government in Nigeria and the focus of government on anti-corruption, the EITI International chair has offered to visit Nigeria.

The outgoing chair, Clair Short, who has served our global organization in the last four and the new chair, Fredrick Rayfield, a former Swedish prime minister, are expected to visit Nigeria on February 8. The Presidency has approved that visit.

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The Acting Executive Secretary of NEITI, Ogbonnaya Orji, said Mrs. Short’s visit to Nigeria would provide an opportunity to share with the President’s global experiences on how the EITI framework could be used as a tool to fight corruption and reduce poverty in resource-rich countries like Nigeria.

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