Centre for N-Delta Studies urges transparency in oil industry
http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emem Idio YENAGOA—Centre for Niger Delta Studies, CNDS, of the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, has bemoaned the prevalence of corruption in the oil and gas industry, calling for increased transparency and accountability in the sector. Director of CNDS, Dr Abaraye Sunday, made the call while declaring open a roundtable on Strengthening Citizens’ Demand for Accountability and Transparency in Governance and the Oil Industry, in collaboration with the National Coalition on Gas Flaring and Oil Spills in the Niger Delta, NACGOND. He called on state Houses of Assembly in the Niger Delta region to strengthen citizens’ demand for accountability in governance and the oil industry through laws and legislations that will make the multinationals more accountable to the people, In a communiqué at the end of the round table, participants resolved that accountability should be demanded for the pollution and destruction of the environment which in turn poses great th...