He added that it would provide urgent access and feedback to the public on NEITI’s operations in compliance with the provisions of the FOI Act, urging the public to use the FOI portal and the new website to avail themselves of information and data contained in the NEITI reports and other issues in the extractive sector.
Commenting on the need for a high-tech Energy Command Centre, Adio noted that, “Yes, it will cost a lot, but look at this: Nigeria lost $4.7bn to oil theft/vandalism in 2013.”
“There is no denying the fact that our country has massive corruption problems. We must acknowledge, however, that we have not been idle in our bid to combat corruption. Efforts directed at fighting the monster in Nigeria are as old as the country itself.”
“The combination of all of the efforts above has seen an almost 300% leap in revenues accruing from the sector jumping from N700million to about N2billion per month within a year alone,” the minister said.
