By Etido Okon Environmental Activists in the Niger Delta region of the country have chatted and proffered a strategy that will help oil-producing Host Communities in the region. This was in a two-day strategic workshop with the theme ‘no restoration, no divestment’ held in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, was to x-ray a paradigm of the
By Patrick Obia Connected Development, CODE, a non-profit organization focused on the well-being of host oil-producing communities, has held a face-to-face town hall meeting with dwellers in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. The meeting is aimed to hear the plights of the communities and attempt to proffer possible solutions. Represented by Cross
TOPIC: Is the PIA serving the development needs of oil-bearing communities? The Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) is to be established to specifically address the developmental needs of the oil-bearing communities. Do you think the provisions in the PIA can guarantee this? Based on experiences from the past of abandoned projects, siphoning off funds, and
By David Nsa The Cross River State, State Emergency Management Agency (CRS-SEMA), in collaboration with Peculiar Foundation is set to create jobs for three hundred refugees and host community members in the State. The SEMA Acting Director General Mr. Princewill Ayim stated this in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch in his Calabar office where he stressed