Amnesty International Nigeria’s director, Isa Sanusi, called on oil companies to finance a comprehensive environmental cleanup of the Niger Delta on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, as she presented the organization’s new report “Nigeria: Lifting the Lid.”
The report, released at the press briefing, documents the ongoing ecological damage in the Niger Delta, a region that has long been affected by oil spills, gas flaring and other forms of pollution linked to the country’s petroleum industry.
Sanusi urged the firms operating in the area to assume responsibility for the remediation of contaminated sites, emphasizing that funding from the oil sector is essential to restore the health of local ecosystems and communities.
Amnesty’s demand adds to growing domestic and international pressure on Nigeria’s oil producers, who have faced criticism for insufficient action on environmental remediation despite the region’s contribution to the nation’s economy.
The “Nigeria: Lifting the Lid” report aims to highlight the scale of the environmental crisis and to push policymakers and industry leaders toward concrete measures that address the legacy of oil‑related damage in the Niger Delta.
<small>Source: Premium Times Nigeria — read the original story there.</small>
