Nigeria, May 26 -- Civil society organisations, environmental advocates and youth groups have recommended the utilisation of flare gas for electricity generation in oil-producing communities in Akwa Ibom State.

They said this move will address worsening energy poverty and environmental degradation within host communities in the state.

The recommendation formed part of resolutions adopted at a roundtable on "Extraction, Justice and Sustainable Alternatives," convened by the Clement Isong Foundation (CIF) in collaboration with ActionAid Nigeria and ActionAid Denmark under the Strategic Partnership Agreement II Project.

The stakeholders said some host communities, including Eastern Obolo, had remained without electricity for more than thr...