{"id":4849,"date":"2023-06-21T08:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T08:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?p=4849"},"modified":"2023-06-21T08:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T08:09:26","slug":"era-foen-pays-a-working-visit-to-nigeria-extractive-industry-transparency-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?p=4849","title":{"rendered":"ERA\/FoEN pays a working visit to Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 20 June 2023, the Environmental Rights Action\/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA\/FoEN) team and volunteers working on the Energy Transition Fund visited the top echelon of the leadership of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in the organization&#8217;s new office in Abuja.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4849 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?attachment_id=4850'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0607.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0607.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0607-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0607-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0607-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0607-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4850'>\n\t\t\t\tExecutive Secretary, Orji Ogbonnaya Orji introducing his team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?attachment_id=4852'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0615.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0615.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0615-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0615-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0615-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0615-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4852'>\n\t\t\t\tChima Williams speaking at the meeting\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?attachment_id=4851'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0611.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0611.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0611-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0611-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0611-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0611-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4851'>\n\t\t\t\tA Cross section of the team members\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?attachment_id=4853'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0619.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0619.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0619-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0619-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0619-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0619-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4853'>\n\t\t\t\tA Cross section of the team members\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The team, led by the ERA\/FoEN Executive Director, Chima Williams discussed pathways of collaboration to address the crisis of transparency and accountability in the extractives sector.<\/p>\n<p>Williams used the opportunity to reiterate the importance of the ERA\/FoEN campaign exposing the myth of the international oil companies&#8217; divestment in the Niger Delta and the need to hold the multinationals accountable for the harms of their operations which have affected man and the environment in host communities.<\/p>\n<p>The NEITI team, led by its Executive Secretary, Orji Ogbonnaya Orji revealed that ERA\/FoEN recommendations on the need for a desk specifically dedicated to the environment and gender issues has been realized as the agency had set one up with a desk officer.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4849 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?attachment_id=4857'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0659.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0659.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0659-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0659-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0659-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0659-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4857'>\n\t\t\t\tA group photograph with ERA\/FoEN and NEITI Team\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The ERA\/FoEN and NEITI teams agreed to work on the modalities of sustaining the engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 20 June 2023, the Environmental Rights Action\/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA\/FoEN) team and volunteers working on the Energy Transition Fund visited the top echelon of the leadership of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in the organization&#8217;s new office in Abuja. 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