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Article

2 Jul 2017

Author:
Emma Eke, Ripples Nigeria (Nigeria)

Nigeria: Youths issue ultimatum to Shell and govt. over delays in payment of compensation for oil spills in various communities in Niger Delta

"Fresh hostility brews as Niger Delta youths issue ultimatum to FG, Shell on oil spillages", 26 June 2017

A fresh crisis seems to be brewing in the Niger Delta region following a clamour by the youths in the area over delay in payment of compensation for oil spillage in various communities in the region over the year. The youths...sent out a warning to the Federal Government and the Anglo-Dutch energy giant, Shell, which they said was primarily involved in oil exploration activities that cause the spillage in Ogoni land...“Nothing is being done to show that both the government and the oil company are ready to tackle the environmental pollution that we have been subjected to in the past decades that oil was explored in Ogoniland,” stated Chief Livinus Kiebel, chairman of the Bodo council of chiefs...The community has been abandoned to continue to bear the cost of the oil spillage, which Shell had already taken responsibility for...But a spokesman of Shell, South South Zone, Peter Okoimo, stated that if there were any misunderstanding, the company knows what to do, and that meetings with all stakeholders were still being held on regular basis these days to avert any tension.