Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill: Improving sector performance through strong transparency and accountability provisions

This document is part of the source library for NRGI's 2017 Resource Governance Index, a comprehensive measure of the quality of natural resource governance in oil, gas and mineral-rich countries. To access the full dataset and all other index resources, visit https://resourcegovernanceindex.org.

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country Nigeria
Year 2011
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, State-owned enterprises
Document Type Report
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?,
1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?,
1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?,
1.4.3a: Is the SOE required to publicly disclose annual reports containing information on its finances and operations?
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Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice Law
Publisher Revenue Watch
Author Sayne Aaron
Source or API link http://www.resourcegovernance.org/sites/default/files/Nigeria's_PIB.pdf
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute