Investor Presentaiton
Impact of oil industry on human rights
Nigeria supported 1 recommendation from the Republic of Korea to
take effective measures to assist the communities suffering from
environmental damage across the Niger Delta due to oil spills.
• Epidemic of oil spills continue to impact on the human rights and
livelihoods of Niger Delta communities: People living in the affected
Niger Delta communities -
• drink, cook with, and wash in polluted water
• eat fish contaminated with oil and other toxins
• farmlands has been contaminated
⚫ the air they breathe reeks of oil, gas and other pollutants
• In 2021, Shell announced its plans to sell its onshore oilfields and
assets in the Niger Delta after 60 years of highly profitable operations
in the area.
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