Thursday, June 20, 2013

Nigeria seeks to impose stringent measures on oil companies that pollute environment

Environmental Damage caused by past oil spill in Nigeria. PHOTO/File

Nigeria's oil spill detection and response agency (NOSDRA) has presented a bill to the federal legislature that proposes to criminalize oil spillage and damage to the environment. This was revealed by the country’s federal Minister of the Environment, Ms. Hadiza Mailafia, in the capital, Abuja early this week.

The bill, according to the minister, calls for more stringent measures on oil companies that pollute the

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