Nigeria, March 10 -- Several Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs) established under Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) are struggling to deliver meaningful development and transparency in Rivers State, a new assessment by the civil society organisation, Policy Alert, has revealed.

The findings are in the Host Communities Development Index (HCDI) 2026 presented at the Host Communities' Development Forum held in Port Harcourt on Monday, 9 March.

The report presented by the research consultant, Mfon Gabriel evaluated how effectively the nine trusts in Rivers State are implementing development programmes in oil-producing communities.

The trusts are Obagi, Foursome, Logistic Base, Trans-Niger Pipeline Section 1, Trans-Niger Pipelin...