AMNESTY TACKLES SHELL AHEAD OF OGONILAND CLEAN-UP

Amnesty International has said Shell must not be allowed to shirk its responsibility to clean up decades of oil pollution in the Niger Delta. This comes ahead of the commencement of the Federal Government’s clean-up programme of Ogoniland on Thursday.

 

The human rights watchdog said on Tuesday that scores of oil spills from Shell operations in the Niger Delta had yet to be properly cleaned up, and even sites the multinational company claimed to have cleaned remained polluted.

 

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