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By Obas Esiedesa
The Federal Government has expressed confidence that Nigeria will achieve a perfect score in the 2026 validation of the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Musa Sarkin Adar, declaring the country fully prepared for the exercise.
“We are ready for them. Nigerians are very resilient people and very brilliant people. We are not afraid of their coming, and I assure you this time around, we must get that 100 per cent, and we will get it,” Adar said during an engagement with civil society organisations and the media, organised by NEITI and Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (RoLAC) in Abuja
He said the administration of President Bola Tinubu remained committed to implementing EITI standards and sustaining Nigeria’s membership of the global transparency initiative.
According to him, NEITI has intensified engagements with key institutions to
