Nigeria, June 30 -- Okoritak, an oil-producing community in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State that hosts nine oil and gas assets operated by some of Nigeria's biggest energy companies, still depends on water flowing from a corked oil well for drinking and other domestic uses.

The community has called for urgent government and industry intervention to address its longstanding potable water crisis.

The demand was contained in a communique issued after a stakeholders' roundtable on sustainable development organised by the community with support from the Clement Isong Foundation and the Ibeno Youth Advocacy Network.

The meeting, held at the Ibeno Green Youth Hub in Ukpenekang, Ibeno, brought together representatives of Host Co...