Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, Wednesday, berated multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta for not conforming to international standards and best practices in their operations in the country.
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He warned that his administration would not hesitate to join forces with other stakeholders in championing for environmental rights and justice in the country, if the international oil companies, IOCs fail to retrace their steps.
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Dickson who spoke in Yenagoa, when the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Nigeria, Ambassador Bert Ronhaar paid him a courtesy visit, observed that the double standards by multinational oil companies contributes significantly to the devastation of the environment and impoverishment of the people of the region.
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The governor lamented the brazen manner resources of the Niger Delta are expropriated, noting that the level of environmental degradation occasioned by the operations of IOCs places the region in a precarious situation.
There are so many poor standards in Nigeria and it seems like we're getting used to it. I must say we have to improve on that....