By CHRIS OCHAYI

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has reconstituted an Inter Ministerial Task Team, IMTT, to implement the recommendations of Audit Reports of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI.

The Secretary to the Federal Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, who disclosed this in Abuja at a Dinner in honour of the International Chair of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative EITI, Clare Short, said the reconstructed Inter Ministerial Task Team would soon be inaugurated by Mr. President.

He explained that President Jonathan’s decision to reconstitute the committee was as result of Government’s decision to fully reintegrate the NEITI mandates into the country’s economic policy agenda.

According to him  “In the wisdom of Mr. President, it is necessary to strengthen the Inter Ministerial Task Team with high ranking officers from all key agencies covered by NEITI process who have requisite authority to take decisions on NEITI Audit Reports findings and recommendations and ensure that these recommendations are implemented.”

The members of the include the Director, Department of Petroleum Resources; Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC; the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria; the Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources; and Accountant General of the Federation.

Others are the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service; the Auditor General of the Federation; the Chief Economic Adviser to the President; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance; the Managing Director, Pipeline and Products Marketing Company; and the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission.

Also included are the Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency; the Chairman, Nigeria Miners Association; the Director General, Mining Cadastre Office; and the Chairman, Oil Producers Trade Section of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce.