Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Civil society organisations, host-community representatives, researchers and other stakeholders have called on the federal government to review Nigeria's bilateral investment treaties, warning that investor-protection provisions could constrain the country's ability to enforce environmental regulations and pursue its energy transition policies.

The stakeholders made the call in a communique issued at the end of a multi-stakeholder roundtable on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), energy transition and investment governance in Nigeria held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on 16 September.

The roundtable was convened by Policy Alert in partnership with the Social Development Integrated Network and ActionAid, with...