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21 Feb 2017

Author:
Tife Owolabi, Reuters (Nigeria)

Nigeria: Govt. declares pollution in Port Harcourt an emergency situation; temporarily shuts down a Chinese owned asphalt processing plant

"Nigeria declares pollution in southern city an emergency, closes plant", 14 Feb 2017

Nigeria declared an air pollution emergency in a major southern city on Tuesday and closed an asphalt plant there after residents complained about the fumes from its furnaces..."The Federal Ministry of Environment has declared the air pollution in Port Harcourt an emergency situation and has subsequently issued a notice to temporarily shut down an asphalt processing plant...belching out thick smoke," the government said in a statement. It did not name the firm, but a state government statement said it was from China...In the Niger Delta's oil-producing swamps, residents complain about crude spills from broken or blown-up pipelines and acid rain from gas flaring, the burning of natural gas at oil wells.