Stakeholders renew call for decommissioning of abandoned oil wells in Niger Delta

Stakeholders from the Niger Delta, including biology professionals, activists, academia, accepted rulers, women, youths, among others, person called connected lipid giants and governments to prioritise the decommissioning of aged and abandoned lipid wells littered crossed the region, arsenic those sites airs biology risk.

They besides decried the benignant of divestment of lipid multinational companies without due remediation and biology audit, stressing that planetary champion signifier and Nigeria’s regulations necessitate harmless decommissioning and remediation of lipid wells astatine the extremity of their productive life.

They wondered wherefore lipid companies operating successful the Niger Delta ever shun these responsibilities.

 Arising from the 5th Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence (NDAC), tagged: ‘Decommissioning and Accountability’ which was convened by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) successful collaboration with frontline Civil Society Organisations, CSOs successful Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; the stakeholders raised concerns astir the increasing risks posed by these abandoned, non-decommissioned, and aging lipid and state infrastructure, describing them arsenic ticking clip bombs against biology safety, groundwater integrity, biodiversity, clime resilience, and assemblage livelihoods.

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