Na so dem dey drag matter for National Assembly as Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan don shine light on the palava wey oil pollution dey cause for our marine environment. E no wan gree keep quiet about wetin dey happen for Niger Delta since 1958, as e don get over 7,000 oil spills wey people dey suffer from. Wetin we go call this if no be wahala?
During di budget session wey dem hold for Senate, the senator no allow Adegboyega Oyetola, di Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, catch breath. She dey ask wetin government dey do about di serious oil spill matter. According to am, though dem dey try clean up small, our farmers and fishermen still dey waka come back empty-handed because of di mess wey oil spills don cause.
She even ask di minister how many times him don gree sit down with di big oil companies like Shell to make sure say dem clean di oil wey don scatter everywhere. Na wetin we go expect when e get pipo wey dey take care of our waters and those wey dey manage di problem too?
Oyetola try explain say, make we sabi say na di Federal Ministry of Environment be di main body wey dey control remediation of oil spills. Him talk say dem go fit work together but na dem go still need to join forces wan time o! Na so Nigeria dey run, plenty agencies dey share di work but e no mean say progress dey show for di area. Wetin we go do now?
The Niger Delta dey suffer pass anything wey we fit talk, oil exploration don scatter e environment and dem still dey face serious waka for livelihood. Oyetola also talk say dem dey work on budget items as dem dey prepare for di new fiscal year wey don land.
As dis matter dey go, e clear say Senator Natasha no wan gree make anybody just dey look waka for di oil spill wahala. She dey make sure say anybody wey hold di power for hand go dey responsible for protecting our environment. After all, no be say we dey run ocean business for ground wey no go waka if di water dey razz and polluted!
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