ABSTRACT

The extractive industry is essential to the economic development of Nigeria. Accordingly, section 6 of Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Act 2007provides for a stakeholders forum called National Stakeholders Working Group of which Civil Society Organizations are involved. But the participation of civil society organizations in this forum has not been effective. Using doctrinal approach, the paper analyses the roles of civil society organizations as stakeholder representative in Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative. It seeks to identify the obstacles hindering their effective participation. The paper finds that problems ranging from lack of cooperation among the civil society organizations, politicization of their appointments by the President into the forum and other issues act as hindrances to their effective participation in the National Stakeholders Working Group. It is suggested that section 6 of Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Act be amended to give civil society organization the freedom to appoint a representative into the forum while they are encouraged to develop a better synergy amongst them.

摘要

采掘业对尼日利亚的经济发展至关重要。因此，《 2007年尼日利亚采掘业透明度倡议法案》第6节规定了一个名为“国家利益相关者工作组”的利益相关者论坛，民间社会组织参与其中。但是，民间社会组织参加该论坛并没有有效。本文采用理论方法，分析了民间社会组织在尼日利亚采掘业透明度倡议中作为利益相关方代表的作用。它力图找出阻碍其有效参与的障碍。本文发现的问题包括民间社会组织之间缺乏合作，总统任命他们进入论坛的政治化以及其他问题，阻碍了他们有效参与国家利益相关者工作组。建议修改《尼日利亚采掘业透明度倡议法》第6节，使民间社会组织有自由任命一名代表参加论坛，同时鼓励他们在论坛中建立更好的协同作用。