#HIGH RATE OF POLLUTION MOSTLY IN NIGER
According to a united nation report !!!
It could take 25 to 30 years, with an initial investment of $1billion just for the first five years to clean up pollution from more than 50 years of oil operations in the Niger Delta,ranging from the disastrous impact on mangrove vegetation to the contamination of wells with potentially cancer causing chemicals in a region that is home to some million people.
The independent scientific assessment carried out by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) over a 14 month period showed greater and deeper pollution than previously thought after an agency team examined more than 200 locations surveyed 122 kilometers of pipeline right of way analysed 4000 soil and water sample reviewed more than 5000 medical records and engaged with over 23,000 people at local community meetings
##Cleaning up Nigeria's oil pollution
The study found that some areas which appear unaffected at the surface, are in reality severely contaminated underground and action to protect human health should be without delay in at least ten communities where drinking water is contaminated with high levels of hydrocarbons, public health is seriously threatened.
Meanwhile Ogoni communities are exposed to hydrocarbons every day through multiple route while the impact of individual contaminated land site tends to be localised. A known carcinogen, at levels over 900 times above UN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) guideline
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Government should try in reduction of black businesses such as bonkery and other desatrous work at some villages.
