The National Assembly has criticized the inability of some Host Community Development Trust, HCDT, to execute any project in oil bearing communities despite the sum of N373bn made available to them for the funding of projects.
But the Executive Director of Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, (PIND), Mr. Sam Daibo, has said the Bridges Project has shown that the success of the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, and particularly the HCDT model would depend not just on compliance, but on collaboration, trust, and shared accountability.
The chairman, House Committee on Host Communities, Mr. Dumnamene Dekor, expressed dissatisfaction over the utilization of the HCDT, during the Bridges Project Host Community Development Trust Stakeholders Dialogue Forum held at Ikot Ekpene Local Council of Akwa Ibom State yesterday.