Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
A group under the aegis of – We, The People – has regretted that over 240,000 barrels of crude oil are spilled annually in the Niger Delta environment, calling for urgent action to end routine gas flaring in the region.
Executive Director, We The People, Ken Henshaw, made the assertion in his presentation titled “Living in Danger: Health Harms of Fossil Fuel Extraction in Nigeria’s Niger Delta”, in commemoration of World Environment Day 2026, at the weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Henshaw said the Nigerian government must address the devastating health, environmental, and social consequences that decades of fossil fuel extraction have imposed on frontline communities to save more lives.
The programme highlighted the health and ecological threats posed by gas flaring in the Niger Delta, and demanded immediate government action.
