Oil Sector: Reps threatens sanctions over poor PIA implementation

By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURT: Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have called for a close monitoring of accountability mechanisms in the operations of Host Community Development Trusts, HCDTs, in the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA.Read Also: Conflicting accounts emerge over alleged release of Oyo kidnap victimsThe stakeholders said sustained oversight was critical to ensuring that oil-producing communities benefitted fully from the PIA.The call came at a one-day town