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| MD Shell, Mutiu Sunmonu |
Little action has been taken to clean up
pollution caused by oil production in the Niger Delta region, either by the
government or Shell Oil, Amnesty International and other groups have said in a
report obtained by SHOWBIZPLUSng.
Oil production has contaminated the drinking
water of at least 10 communities in the Ogoniland area but neither the
government nor Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria subsidiary has taken effective
measures to restore the fouled environment, according to the new report by
Amnesty International, Friends of The Earth Europe; Centre for Environment,
Human Rights and Development; Environmental Rights Action, and Platform, according
to a report by The Associated Press.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has
not yet responded to a request by the Associated Press for reaction to
the critical report.
