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The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and Office of the Auditor General of the Federation (AGF) have revealed that national planning in Nigeria is being undermined by poor data disclosure among agencies of government.
NEITI, which pledged to work closely with other government agencies to promote integrity in data collation, validation and management on revenues from extractive industries, expressed concerns over poor linkages among sectors in data generation, collation, management and dissemination on revenues generated and spent from oil, gas and mining.
Executive Secretary of NEITI, Waziri Adio, stated this in Abuja while receiving the AGF, Anthony Ayine in his office, identified poor linkages among relevant agencies as major constraints to coherent national planning.
Adio said the development was also affecting the natural resource governance and public finance management in the country.
“Our doors are quite open; NEITI is ready and willing to work with sister agencies on information and data sharing, capacity and manpower development.
“We are also ready to collaborate and partner with the Office of the Auditor General in particular and other similar agencies in general to promote data integrity, openness, standards and uniformity in data collation, validation management and utilisation.
“It is not just enough to be transparent; it is about being comprehensively transparent to ensure that the information is understood. Anything that will bring about transparency in the management of revenues we will give you all the support.
“We are working for the same purpose, we have to leverage on the strengths of the different agencies. We have done this for 15 years and we have the information that will guide you in the extractive industry,” Adio stated.