President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed deep concern over environmental pollution in the Niger Delta owing to oil exploration and asked Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to urgently take measures to ensure integrity of pipelines.
This is as the Minister of Petroleum Resources also took SPDC to task and expressed grave concerns over the short supply of gas to power plants and domestic use across the country which has led to low generation and threatens the projected date of uninterrupted power supply in the country.
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