Monday 21 September 2015

BAYELSA, ERA THREATEN LEGAL ACTION OVER AZUZUAMA OIL SPILL TRAGEDY

Bayelsa State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Inuro Wills (left) and Executive Director of ERA/FoEN, Godwin Uyi Ojo during  a formal presentation of the group’s official report on the incident titled “Agip’s Azuzuama Tragedy” to newsmen in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, recently Consistent trend of explosions leading to needless deaths has trailed the company’s operations, hence the need for the Federal and state government to set up an investigative panel to review its operations as well as its spill contingency plans and protocols, which have so far put production and profit at the fore and left safety in the back seat.

FOLLOWING the incident that occurred during a clean up exercise by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) that left the 14 persons killed on July 9, 2015, the Bayelsa State government and Environmental Rights

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