LAWMAKERS QUERY NOSDRA OVER MISAPPLICATION OF FUNDS

The House of Representatives Committee on Environment, on Wednesday, queried the Director-General of the National Oil Spill and Detection Agency, NOSDRA, over misappropriation of the 2014 budget.

The committee described the spending as gross violation of the budgetary provisions and ordered the director general to have a fresh budget defence.

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Environmentalists Berate Agip Over Oil Spill

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has berated Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) for poor response to a reported oil spill incident at the oil firm’s field in Bayelsa State.

ERA/FoEN, an environmental rights group, in its field report on the oil spill incident dated January 28 and made available to newsmen noted that the spill occurred on January 12.

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FG TASKS OIL INDUSTRY OPERATORS ON OIL SPILL

The Federal Government has urged oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria to partner with it towards eradicating oil spillage and its harmful effect on the environment.

The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Lawrencia Mallam, called for the partnership during the inauguration and handover ceremony of the Geographic Information System laboratory stationed at the headquarters of National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency in Abuja.

She said operators in the sector must join hands with the government to ensure safe and cleaner environment.

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