{"id":30248,"date":"2019-02-28T14:02:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=30248"},"modified":"2019-02-28T14:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:02:03","slug":"neiti-uncovers-20-billion-recoverable-revenues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/neiti-uncovers-20-billion-recoverable-revenues\/","title":{"rendered":"NEITI Uncovers $20 Billion Recoverable Revenues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has uncovered $20 billion recoverable revenues, its Executive Secretary, Waziri Adio, said.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke in Kiev, Ukraine at the ongoing 42nd meeting of the Extractive Industry Initiative (EITI) Board.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the International Board of EITI has ranked Nigeria for its \u2018Satisfactory Progress\u2019 in the implementation of its principles in the country\u2019s extractive sector. This ranking is second highest in EITI implementation.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The global body also applauded the country for using EITI process to shape reforms and improve transparency in the extractive sector. Adio said: \u201cThrough NEITI\u2019s reports and interventions, Nigerians now know more about the operations of the sector, which despite low commodity prices, still remains the backbone of their economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitizens, civic groups and the media are now better armed with information to ask probing questions and make informed contributions to governance \u201cOver time, various governments have used information from NEITI\u2019s reports to recover almost $3billion that would have ended up unpaid.\u201d.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has uncovered $20 billion recoverable revenues, its Executive Secretary, Waziri Adio, said. He spoke in Kiev, Ukraine at the ongoing 42nd meeting of the Extractive Industry Initiative (EITI) Board. 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