Nigeria's Delta Oil Spill Still Haunts Locals
The local government says its people are facing the dark consequences of oil spilled into the creeks and land in the fishing village, destroying the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people.
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Nigerian Oil Spill Haunts Locals Four Years On
- Author:
- AlJazeera English
- Publisher:
- AlJazeera English
- Publication Date:
- 4 August 2012
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I beg to disagree. What if there is a spill in other oil producing areas other than the Ogoniland? This should have been set up to cover the whole oil producing areas in the country. This us not well thought out.