President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the appointment of Mr. Waziri Onibiyo Adio, as the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Transparency Initiative (NEITI) following the reconstitution of the governing board of the organisation.
Two other journalists Hannatu Musa, Musawa, representative, North-West Geo-Political zone – Member and Gbenga Onayiga, representative, South-West Geo-Political Zone – Member, are also on the board.
Until his appointment, Mr. Adio was a Communication Consultant and Publisher of Metrolope Magazine.
Adio who started his journalism career at The News/Tempo later joined Thisday Newspapers where between 1995 and 2003 he held various editorial positions . He was Special Adviser, Research and Strategy, Office of the Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria from August 2003 to October 2004.
He was appointed Communication Specialist by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2004, a position he held until 2007when he left to serve as Director of Communications, NEITI from May 2007 to June 2008.
Mr. Adio graduated with a BSc. (Mass Communication) from the University of Lagos in 1992, and obtained MSc. (Journalism) Degree from Columbia University, New York, United States of America in 1999.
He also holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, 2009.
Others on the board include the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development – Chairman, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance – Member and Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – Member.
Also on the board are President, Miners Association of Nigeria – Member, Representative of the Civil Society Organizations (to be elected by the organizations) – Member, President, Nigeria Mining and Geosciences Society – Member, President and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) – Member,
Mr. Lawan Gana Lantaiwa (Consultant), Representative, North-East Geo-Political Zone – Member, Mr. Bernard B. A. Ver (Accountant), Representative, North-Central Geo-Political Zone – Member, Mrs. Anne Adaeze Onyekwena (Representative, South-East Geo-Political Zone) – Member, Mr. Emmanuel Chiejina (Lawyer), Representative and South-South Geo-Political Zone – Member.