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24 Nov 2015

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Business Ghana

Nigeria: Recommendations of extractives conference include calls for increased accountability, protection of communities

'SITEI 2015 produces communique to chart a course for the sustainable development...', 24 Nov 2015:…[N]ational leaders, public sector officials…private sector…and civil society representatives at[tended] the 4th Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) conference…organized by CSR-in-Action…in partnership with the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI)…[and] host[ed by] Minister of State for Solid Minerals, Abubakar Bawa Bwari…[S]takeholders…key recommendations [included]…the development and enforcement of a legal, regulatory…framework…aggressive data collection, analysis and dissemination…increased efforts to promote accountability through a transparent reporting process driven by institutions like NEITI; the need to… design…an inclusive Environmental Impact Assessment Act to take care of host communities…Acting Executive Secretary NEITI, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji…advocate[d] for an inter-agency collaboration between legislature, civil society, companies and the government to deliver better governance and reform for the extractive sector…[Refers to Shell, Chevron, Zone 4 Energy, Petrolex, Blue Bridge Mineral Resources, Zenera Consulting and PwC]