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International Law

2012

Environmental Law

Saheed Alabi

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Recent Developments In The Niger Delta Of Nigeria, Saheed A. Alabi Jan 2012

Recent Developments In The Niger Delta Of Nigeria, Saheed A. Alabi

Saheed Alabi

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) requested the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to carry out an environmental assessment of Ogoniland due to perpetual oil spillages and gas flaring by the multinational oil companies, specifically Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nigeria) Ltd (SPDC). The Environmental Assessment Report (EA Report) was finalised and submitted to the FGN in August 2011 for review and implementation. The aim of this country report is to determine the sincerity of the FGN in finding the lasting solution to the severe environmental degradation in Ogoniland. This is imperative because of the historic failures of the Nigeria Government …