On 29 January 2008, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua inaugurated the reconstituted National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The reconstituted board replaced the pioneer NSWG, which had 28 members and had been inaugurated in February 2004. The new NSWG has 15 members and was constituted in accordance with the NEITI Act 2007.
1. Professor Assisi Asobie
Chair, NSWG
2. Mr. Basil Omiyi
Vice-Chair, Shell Petroleum and Representative of the Extractive Industries
3. Comrade Shehu Sani
Human Rights Activist and Representative of Civil Society
4. Mr. Peter Esele
President of NUPENG and Representative of Labour Unions in the Extractive Sector
5. Engr. Abubakar Lawal Yar'Adua
Group Managing Director, NNPC
6. Alhaji Jafaru Aliyu Paki
Former Adviser to the President on Petroleum Matters and Representative of North-West Zone
7. Dr. M. I. Yahaya
Retired Bank Executive and Representative of North-Central Zone
8. Alhaji Aliko Mohammed
Retired Media Administrator and Representative of North-East Zone
9. Mr. Leke Alder
Lawyer/Brand Strategist and Representative of South-West Zone
10. Mr. T. K. Ogoriba
Civil Society Activist and Representative of South-South Zone
11. Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa
Industrialist and Representative of South-East Zone
12. Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo
The Accountant-General of Federation
13. Ms. Ifueko Omoigui
Chairperson, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
14. Mallam Haruna Yunusa Sa'eed
Former Accountant-General, Kaduna State
15. Mallam Mahmud Jega
Editor, Daily Trust Newspaper
