Invitation to a World Press Conference and High Level Consultative Roundtable on the Final NEITI Audit Reports
President Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR inaugurated a National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG) with the responsibility for implementing the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in February 2004.
This was in response to the poor public (local and international) perception of the institutions, systems and procedures for the generation, allocation, accounting and management of revenues derived from minerals extraction.
To that end, the NSWG engaged the Hart Group in March 2005 (through an international competitive tender) to conduct comprehensive independent Financial, Process and Physical audits of the Nigerian Oil & Gas Sector. The NSWG auditors will submit the Final Reports on the 10 th April 2006 .
It has therefore become essential to assemble a team of experts and stakeholders to dissect the reports with a view to setting up a work plan and timetable for:
- The dissemination of the audit results and the appropriate advocacy.
- The development of an effective communication plan, through participatory dialogue, to enhance local community understanding of the audit results.
One of the desired outcomes of the roundtable is to ensure that the Audit results are comprehensible, accessible and user friendly to the different publics, particularly the Nigerian public and community groups.
The NEITI invites the general public to:
- A World Press Conference and Public Presentation of the Final NEITI Financial, Physical and Process Audit Reports of the activities of the Oil and Gas Sector from 1999 to 2004.
- Observe the International High Level Consultative Roundtable Discussions on the Final NEITI Audit Reports and strategies to communicate the Reports, at a Special Session during the NEITI North Central zone Road Show in Abuja .
Date: 11 th of April 2006.
Time: 10:00am
Venue: Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Abuja.
Dr. Bright Okogu
Ag. Executive Secretary
NEITI Secretariat
