CSOs to Collaborate with Oil Host Communities to Implement Community Content Guideline.

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By Lucky Isibor.


Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) active in oil and gas producing areas and members of oil and gas industry host communities have called for synergy with members of the private sector to encourage the implementation of the Community Content Guideline in line with the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGID) Act 2010.


This call is contained in a communique issued by participants at the end of a two day training workshop  on the use of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Coalition Guide for CSOs and Private Sector, organised by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), the anchor organisation of the anti-corruption cluster of the Strengthening Civil Advocacy for Local Engagement (SCALE) project supported by USAID through Palladium and her Resource Partners on 4th-5th August 2022, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for CSOs active in Oil and gas producing areas, and impacted communities.

After extensive deliberations, participants who were drawn from the private sector, professional groups, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Rivers State investment Forum, Open Government Partnership of Nigeria (OGP), Civil Society, Host Oil Producing Community (Host Comm), Media, Women Groups and Persons Living with Disabilities noted that "the private sector and civil society working in silos does not provide opportunity for collaboration in promoting implementation of UNCAC in Nigeria.

"There was poor knowledge of the UNCAC amongst private sector, some international development agencies/donor, civil society and media.

"Corruption is a huge problem affecting the contribution of private sector to development in the Niger Delta region and Nigeria at large.

"Weak collaboration between the private sector and civil society in holding the government to account in the implementation of UNCAC.


"Poor monitoring framework of UNCAC in Nigeria and the absence of a framework for active participation of civil society as guaranteed in Article 13 of the UNCAC."


The participants then resolved recommended  that the, "private sector and civil society should work together in line with the principles of Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) to effectively implement the UNCAC in Nigeria.

"Private sector and civil society are encouraged to collaborate in raising awareness on UNCAC implementation and monitoring in Nigeria.

"Civil society should develop a collective action to engage the government and private sector using the UNCAC as a reference.

"Private sector should collaborate with CSOs in holding government to account in the implementation of UNCAC in Nigeria particularly with reference to article 12, 15, 16, 16, 21, 22, 23 and 26.

"Encourage community engagement and improved corporate governance by ensuring the implementation of the Community Content Guideline in line with the NOGICD Act 2010."





 

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