Nigeria: EITI recognises progress in addressing natural resource governance
Jan 11, 2017
First Validation under the EITI Standard concludes meaningful progress, but more is needed.
Wednesday 11 January - Nigeria’s efforts to improve natural resource governance through the EITI Standard were recognised today by the international EITI Board. The recognition followed the recently published Nigeria EITI Validation report, as a result of which the EITI Board decided to extend Nigeria’s EITI membership. Validation is the EITI’s independent evaluation mechanism.