Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- Residents from some communities where oil was drilled and capped in Ikono and Ibiono Ibom Local Government Areas say decades of complaints about oil pollution from abandoned oil wells have yielded little action; thus, they are now learning how to document environmental damage and build evidence to demand accountability from oil companies and government regulators.

At a one-day Monitoring and Evidence Gathering Training organised by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) at Ikot Esenye Nkwot, Ikono Local Government Area, on Thursday, traditional rulers, women leaders, youths and farmers from Ikono and Ibiono Ibom LGAs were trained to monitor environmental pollution, gather evidence and report incidents in their ...