The Communities and Civil Society Consultation Meeting on the Petroleum Industry Bill held on 25 and 26 November 2009 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The meeting was organised by Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action) in collaboration with the Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and the Bayelsa NGO Forum (BANGOF). This report lays out the presentations, discussions and conclusions. Download the report...

There is an alarming increase in the incidences of communal conflicts in the petroleum bearing Niger Delta area. These conflicts, which very often manifest in full-blown wars within and between communities, have resulted in the killing of numerous community members and the destruction of whole villages and towns. At the root of these conflicts is the manner of oil and gas exploitation and policies of the government and oil and gas companies in security contracting, ‘surveillance’,  execution of ‘community development’ projects etc.

In 2008, the government of Nigeria failed to compel oil producing companies to comply with commitments they made to end gas flaring. With virtually all crude oil produced ’associated’ with gas, companies and government’s failure to harness associated gas means that gas flaring would continue - to the detriment of already impoverished and brutalised communities. This report examines the plight of communities in the Niger Delta of Nigeria that have 50 years of continues gas flaring as the government and oil companies fail to abide by commitments to end by the environmentally damaging practice. Download the full report...

By Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform

This independent report by the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP) is based on summaries of analysis and monitoring reports of the 2008 state and local government budgets in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers State. The report documents, from the perspective of citizens, how state and local government budgets have been formulated and implemented. It identifies the causes, processes and outcomes of the corruption and mismanagement of public funds in the states and local government areas of the Niger Delta.