Michael Olugbode in AbujaNiger Delta communities have issued an ultimatum to the Conoil Producing Limited to comply with the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021 in respect of host communities or get its operations in the area disrupted. The host communities in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Ondo States at the weekend vowed to disrupt activities of Conoil within their communities if it failed to meet up with its responsibilities as stated in the PIA Act by October 31, 2025. The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) of 2021 mandates oil and gas companies in Nigeria to contribute 3 percent of their annual operating expenditure (OPEX) to a Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) for the development of communities directly affected by petroleum operations. It was alleged that Conoil was yet to implement this section of the Act, about three years after the Act came into existence. The already agitated youths in the communities have vowed to shut down Conoil’s operations if it failed to implement the provision by the end of October 2025.