The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) yesterday in Benin said it has adopted communitydriven measures to stop pipeline vandalism. The Director General of the agency, Mr Idris Musa, stated this at a one-day workshop on the Community- Based Disaster Risk Reduction Plan (DRR Plan) on the Danger of Pipeline Vandalism and the Resultant Environmental Pollution. Musa, represented by the Acting Director, Planning, Policy and Research, Dr Sola Oladipo, said the DRR Plan will be a community-driven, community-implemented, community-monitored and communityevaluatedproject. He noted that through this, the host communities in collaboration with relevant stakeholders would hold themselvesresponsibleforthe advocacyandprotectionof the immediate environment.
