Stakeholders Seek Urgent End to Gas Flaring in Niger Delta – THISDAYLIVE

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations , Environmental Right Activists and other critical stakeholders at the weekend in Benin City, Edo State, called for urgent need by the federal government to put an end to gas flaring because of the dangerous health hazards it poses to the people of the Niger Delta region.

The dialogue also focused on the need for, “The Accountability for Gas Flared and Clean Energy Advocacy, , project.” He said, “The first civil case filed in any Nigeria Court to demand for end to gas flaring was at the Federal High Court here in Benin City in the case of Jonah Gbemre V. Shell with favorable judgement ordering an end to the practice made by the court in November 14th, 2005, exactly 10 years, four days after the state murder of late Ken Saro Wiwa.

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