Nigeria: Senate Committee Warns Firms Aiding Oil Spills

17 August 2012

Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, Thursday threatened to recommend for any oil facility to be shut down if it is traced to the source of oil spill.

Saraki in a statement signed on behalf of the committee by his Special Assistant on Media and Advocacy, Mr. Bamikole Omisore, warned that such oil facilities would not be opened until a responsible party emerges to clean up, compensate and take liability for the action.

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