Newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative NEITI, Hon. Musa Sarkin Adar, expressed commitment to drive a comprehensive amendment of the NEITI Act 2007, describing the law as outdated and inadequate for todays governance and compliance demands.
Addressing management and staff at the agencys Abuja headquarters, Adar, who resumed office yesterday, said the 17-year-old law no longer provides NEITI with sufficient institutional authority to enforce compliance or fully execute its mandate of deepening transparency and accountability across Nigerias extractive industries.