The Nigerian Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says the total outstanding financial liabilities in the oil and gas sector owed to the
NEITI disclosed this in a statement through its official X handle on Monday, while unveiling the 2021 oil and gas industry.
Ogbonnaya Orji, the Executive Secretary of NEITI, said that a notable portion of $13.591 million was earmarked as revenue payable to the Federal Inland Revenue Service . He stressed that the report underscored the pivotal role of assisting governments at all levels to bolster revenue streams, furthering national development and poverty reduction through robust resource mobilisation efforts.
Orji urged policymakers to use the information and data contained in the NEITI report for economic planning and extractive sector reforms, while civil society and media should use the report for advocacy.
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