(5.Oktober) “Militarisation of the region in pursuit of security has led to increased insecurity and heightened tension in the region.‎ Participants resolved that the regulatory agencies be empowered to end dependence on oil companies and there is urgent need to streanline the functions of the multiple regulatory agencies in the oil and gas sector to eliminate conflct of interest which give oil companies Lee way to continue degrading the enviroment,thereby defeating the purposes for which the agencies were created.”