{"id":4859,"date":"2023-06-27T09:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?p=4859"},"modified":"2023-06-27T09:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:35:27","slug":"era-foen-partners-neiti-on-ioc-divestment-campaign-environmental-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/?p=4859","title":{"rendered":"ERA\/FoEN partners NEITI on IOC divestment campaign, environmental issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Environmental Rights Action\/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA\/FoEN) and the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) will partner to address the myriad of challenges in the oil and gas industry, including holding multinational oil corporations accountable for the despoilation of the environment in oil-producing communities. This decision was reached at a meeting of executives of the two organizations in Abuja when the ERA\/FoEN team paid a courtesy visit to NEITI\u2019s new office complex.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4859 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=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=4855'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0637.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0637.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0637-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0637-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0637-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0637-1536x1024.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-1-4855'>\n\t\t\t\tChima Williams Presenting ERA&#8217;s pamphlet on IOC Divestment to Dr.Orji \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERA\/FoEN Executive Director, Chima Williams said the visit was to deepen the already existing relationship between the two organizations and explore more ways of collaboration to address the crisis of transparency and accountability in the extractives sector.<br \/>\nWilliams used the opportunity to reiterate the importance of the ERA\/FoEN campaign exposing the underlying reasons behind the flurry of international oil companies&#8217; divestment in the Niger Delta after decades of extraction, and the need to hold them accountable for the harms of their operations which have affected man and the environment in host communities.<br \/>\nWelcoming the delegation, NEITI Executive Secretary, Orji Ogbonnaya Orji said that the two organizations have come a long way and would sign a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen civic engagements on environmental justice in managing oil emissions and gender issues, particularly in the extractive industries\u2019 host communities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4850\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/erafoen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ERA-FOEN-0607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" 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\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Executive Secretary, Orji Ogbonnaya Orji introduced his team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MoU is to cover public education and enlightenment, civil society policy advocacy, and capacity building on control of toxic and poisonous chemicals such as Carbon Monoxide, Methane, and other pollutants resulting from oil and gas exploration in host communities.<br \/>\nOrji also revealed that following previous engagements, NEITI has set up a desk specifically dedicated to the environment and gender issues with a desk officer.<br \/>\nHe further explained that to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing energy sector, NEITI recently unveiled a five-year strategic plan that took those issues into consideration, as the agency would soon commence the process of reviewing its enabling law.<br \/>\nThe NEITI boss urged the non-governmental organization to carefully study the research publications on environment and gender recently launched by the organization with the support of the Ford Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Rights Action\/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA\/FoEN) and the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) will partner to address the myriad of challenges in the oil and gas industry, including holding multinational oil corporations accountable for the despoilation of the environment in oil-producing communities. 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