Nigeria: Bayelsa Residents Block House of Reps Members From Oil Spill Site

The residents were protesting environmental pollution, unemployment, and lack of basic social amenities in their community.

Residents of Biseni clan, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Thursday blocked members of the House of Representative Ad-Hoc Committee on Oil Spills and Remediation from performing their functions.

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