An environmental rights activist in the Niger Delta, Sheriff Mulade, has charged stakeholders in the region, especially those in the oil and gas bearing communities, not to compromise in the campaign against oil pollution of the host communities by accepting tokens from oil companies that fail to operate in line with environmental best practices.
“One big challenge faced in promoting growth and development in our communities is compromise from those who we naturally believe should fight to ensure that the needful is done, which will benefit the greater majority of the people in the long run,” he stated.
Mulade enjoined the leaders to strive at all times to work for the economic growth and advancement of their people.
Mulade, who is the National Coordinator of the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, gave the advice in a New Year message made available to journalists in Warri on Monday.
He urged Niger Delta residents, particularly leaders of oil and gas host communities, to protect and save the environment from further devastation in 2022.
On the oil spill in the Nembe area of Bayelsa State, Mulade advised stakeholders to insist that oil companies must “tackle the challenges of pollution in order to reverse to its original status the degraded environment of the Niger Delta region, as well as protect and sustain the environment for future generations.”