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Bayelsa residents block House of Reps members from oil spill site
The residents were protesting environmental pollution, unemployment, and lack of basic social amenities in their community.
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Residents of Biseni clan, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Thursday blocked members of the House of Representative Ad-Hoc Committee on Oil Spills and Remediation from performing their functions.
The residents barricaded the only access road to the oilfield operated by the
Nigeria Agip Oil Companywhere members of the committee were carrying out their oversight functions.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the development compelled the committee members, led by Amiru Tukur, to abort the visit to the spill site as all entreaties to placate the protesters failed.
Oil spill. PHOTO: aljazeera.com
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, yesterday, charged members of the House of Representatives to expedite action on passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as to expeditiously correct some of the injustices in oil producing states.
Governor Diri gave the charge when members of the House Committee on Oil Spill Investigation, Cleanup and Remediation in Oil Producing States visited him at Government House, Yenagoa.
In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Daniel Alabrah, he stated that when passed into law, the PIB would be an avenue to correct some of the wrongs oil companies had done to their host communities, noting that the National Assembly had neglected the bill for too long.