The event which holds at 10 a.m. at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja will be addressed by renowned public policy expert, Dr. Joe Abah, who will speak on the theme: “Leadership, Delivery, and the Courage to Serve.

Abah’s keynote address, according to the organisers of the event, will set the tone for a robust interrogation of the discipline and accountability required to sustain public sector performance through a panel discussion with policy and governance experts.

The distinguished panel of experts will give deeper insights into the colloquium’s theme, drawing from their extensive experience in policy formulation and institutional reform includes:

• Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee;
• Dr Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, Deputy Governor, Economic Policy, Central Bank of Nigeria,
• Mr. Waziri Adio, Founder and Executive Director, Agora Policy and Former Executive Secretary of the National Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI)
• Ms. Rinsola Abiola, Director-General, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre;
• Dr. Habiba Lawal, Retired Permanent Secretary, and former Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination.

The planning committee of the colloquium said the event would also serve as a strategic platform for senior government officials, policy experts, and private sector leaders to deliberate on the dynamics of results-based governance, sustainable institutional reform and the courage required to drive transformative change in Nigeria’s public service.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appointed Bala Usman as his  Special Adviser on Policy and Coordination in June 2023. She also serves as the Head of the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit.

In this capacity, she works at the forefront of coordinating government policies and driving the President’s delivery agenda across ministries and sectors.

She was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kaduna State by former Governor Nasir el -Rufai in 2015, after which President Muhammadu Buhari appointed her as the first female Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), serving from July 2016 to February 2022.

Bala Usman co-founded the global movement #BringBackOurGirls, which raised international awareness and called for the rescue of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls in 2014.

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The Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Mele Kyari, disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the spokesman for the corporation, in Abuja on Tuesday.

Kyari made the call during a courtesy visit by the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, (NEITI), Mr Waziri Adio, to the NNPC Towers.

He said that though the corporation was committed to transparency and accountability to the Nigerian people, a line must be drawn between genuine requests for information and malicious attempts to drag it into politics.

“As you are aware, sometimes the requests are brazenly malicious, and they are laden with political undertones.

“NNPC finds it difficult to respond to such requests because it is mindful of falling into the trap of being drawn into politics or maligning others,” he said.

He added that in keeping with its commitment to be accountable and transparent, the corporation would publish its audited accounts soon.

On the disclosure of contracts and contractors as requested by the NEITI boss, he said the biggest contracts in the corporation’s portfolio currently was the products supply contracts under the Direct Sales Direct Purchase (DSDP) scheme.

He noted that details of the contracts and the contractors would also be made public within this month.

He promised to make the monthly financial and operations reports more accessible by publishing the soft copies of the reports from January to May.

In his remarks, Adio, congratulated Kyari on his appointment, saying: “This is a big opportunity you have been given to shape the direction of this country in a positive way and I believe you have the capacity to do that.”

He said he was particularly impressed with the corporation’s robust deployment of modern information and communication platforms, especially the website, which he noted could be used as a transparency tool through pro-active disclosures.

He said NEITI would remain committed to working with the NNPC because of the GMD’s track record of integrity.

“The GMD is somebody we can vouch for, he is a transparency champion and I can’t remember any GMD’s appointment that has elicited as much goodwill as your appointment has generated,” he said.

Source:  NAN

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