Adio appointed NEITI Executive Secretary as FG reconstitutes Board

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Waziri Onibiyo Adio as the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
Until his appointment, Adio was a Communication Consultant and Publisher of Metrolope magazine.
Between 1995 and 2003, he held various editorial positions in Thisday Newspaper and was Special Adviser, Research and Strategy, Office of the Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria from August 2003 to October 2004.
He was appointed Communication Specialist by the United Nations Development Programme in 2004, a position he held until 2007 when he left to serve as Director of Communications of NEITI from May 2007 to June 2008.
​Adio graduated with a BSc. (Mass Communication) from the University of Lagos in 1992 and obtained MSc. (Journalism) Degree from Columbia University, New York, United States of America in 1999.
He also holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, 2009.
His appointment is with immediate effect.
So also has the President approved the appointment of a new National Stakeholders Working Group, otherwise known as Governing Board, for NEITI.
The composition of the new Governing Board is as follows:
​(i)​Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development​-​Chairman
​(ii)​Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance​-​Member
​(iii)​Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation – Member
​(iv)​President, Miners Association of Nigeria​​​-​Member
​(v)​Representative of the Civil Society Organizations (to be elected by the organizations)​​​​-​Member
​(vi)​President, Nigeria Mining and Geosciences Society​-​Member
​(vii)​President, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG)​​​​​​-​Member
​(viii)​Hannatu Musa Musawa (Journalist), Representative, North-West Geo-Political zone​​​​-​Member
​(ix)​Mr. Lawan Gana Lantaiwa (Consultant), Representative, North-East Geo-Political Zone​​​​-​Member
​(x)​Mr. Bernard B. A. Ver (Accountant), Representative, North-Central Geo-Political Zone​​​​-​Member
​(xi)​Mrs. Anne Adaeze Onyekwena (Representative, South-East Geo-Political Zone)​​​​-​Member
​(xii)​Mr. Emmanuel Chiejina (Lawyer), Representative, South-South Geo-Political Zone​​​​-​Member
​(xiii)​Mr. Gbenga Onayiga (Journalist), Representative, South-West Geo-Political Zone​​​​-​Member
​(xiv)​Mr. Waziri Onibiyo Adio​​​​ – Executive Secretary.
According to a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, t​he new Governing Board will be inaugurated in due course.