Nigeria: New Oil Spill Agency

editorial

Lagos — ABOUT five decades after the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantity, Nigeria has woken up to the reality of the danger of oil spills on host communities and the nation at large.

Recently, the Federal Government set up the National Oil Spillage Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA). The agency as the name implies, has the clear mandate of monitoring the coastal areas of the Niger Delta to ascertain the possibility of oil spill, degree of the spillage when it happens and consequently, initiate remediation activities for the purpose of restoring and recovering impacted sites.

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