Nigeria, May 16 -- Civil society groups, labour unions, environmental activists and community leaders from across the Niger Delta have demanded the immediate publication of payments made into oil and gas decommissioning and abandonment funds, accusing regulators and oil companies of operating opaque accountability systems.

The demand formed part of resolutions reached at the end of the 5th Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence (NDAC) held on Thursday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, under the theme: "Decommissioning and Accountability."

The participants also called for a comprehensive audit of all abandoned oil wells and petroleum infrastructure in the Niger Delta, alongside urgent remediation and ecological restoration of polluted communities....