Cameroon seeks reinstatement in EITI
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sierra Leone Telegraph
Cameroon’s Minister of Mines, Fuh Calistus Gentry, advocated lifting Cameroon’s suspension from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. He presented measures on civil society participation and the publication of oil contracts, according to the Sierra Leone Telegraph.
Cameroon is seeking the lifting of its suspension from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), its Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, Fuh Calistus Gentry, pleaded on Friday 9 October to Maria van der Hoeven, chair of the EITI board, the Sierra Leone Telegraph reports.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 10th EITI Global Conference. Discussions focused on corrective measures related to Requirement 1.3, notably the free and effective participation of civil society in the initiative’s process, according to the Sierra Leone Telegraph.
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