Mitigating corruption in the oil sector requires stakeholders to work together: Alweendo
Mines minister Tom Alweendo said to mitigate against corruption in the oil and gas sector and ensure that in-country value creation reaches ordinary citizens requires stakeholders to be transparent. The minister said companies must be fair and transparent with their employment procedures, procurement processes and exercise oversight over the policy implementation. Addressing a local content policy workshop to discuss the policy, Alweendo said the more transparency there is in operations, the high the chance of realising the objectives of the draft policy. He said the National Petroleum Local Content Policy could only work if the government, Namibians, entrepreneurs, international service providers, and oil companies pull together. The local content policy defines the active participation of the Namibian workforce and entrepreneurs in the upstream oil and gas sector through training, employment and local procurement of goods and services. Alweendo said it is one thing to have a well