Amnesty joins march in Ogoniland, calls for environmental justice

Amnesty International has joined a march throughout Bori, in Ogoniland, Rivers State, to demand environmental justice, accountability and an finish to the exploitation of communities by means of oil extraction.

The organisation disclosed this in a press release issued on Friday, drawing consideration to the environmental air pollution and human rights challenges dealing with residents of the Niger Delta.

It stated the Niger Delta, one of many world’s 10 most vital wetland and coastal marine ecosystems, is house to roughly 31 million individuals, lots of whom proceed to endure the results of oil air pollution.

“Sadly, the people living in the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta have to drink, cook and wash with polluted water,” the organisation stated.

Amnesty International accused the Nigerian authorities of failing to take satisfactory measures to guard residents from environmental hurt, arguing that such failure quantities to a breach of worldwide legislation.

It additionally harassed that oil corporations should be held accountable for their actions, together with failure to adjust to worldwide human rights and environmental requirements and good practices in oil business operations.