The National Oil Spill
Detection and Response Agency (NODDRA) has solicited the effective support and collaboration of stakeholders in oil producing communities on the activities of oil exploration and exploitation.
The chairman of the board of the agency Major Lancelot Anyanya (rtd) stated this in an interview with The Tide in Port Harcourt.
He said the board was discussing with the authorities of the Nigeria Army on how to tackle oil spill and environmental degradation caused by the activities of multinational oil companies across the country.
Anyanya said the partnership with the stakeholders became critical as a result of rising cases of oil pollution and its adverse affects on the environment and human lives.
He said the agency wanted to draw the attention of all stakeholders to a different kind of war that was raging in every nook and cranny of the country.
He said people lived in great danger on account of the damage to the ecology and environment that oil exploration and exploitation, and related activities impose, stressing that people are dying as a result of oil spillage without the authorities knowing it.
The board chairman called on relevant stakeholders to support NOSDRA in curtailing the situation which has had negative impact on both the people and the environment.
He said the agency would ensure that cases of oil spillage were brought under control.
He said that the Act establishing the agency was undergoing review at the National Assembly to strengthen its regulations and enforcement capabilities in oil producing environment

Philip Okparaji