Security operatives have mounted heavy security presence at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Bayelsa Head office in Yenegoa as the commission rounds off preparations for Saturday governorship election.
Security operatives have mounted heavy security presence at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Bayelsa Head office in Yenegoa as the commission rounds off preparations for Saturday governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that at the time of visit to the commission office on Friday, armoured vehicles and security personnel, both armed
…ERA/FoEN condemns gas flaring, negative impact on dwellers, environment
By Samuel Oyadongha
RESIDENTS of Ogboinbiri, a riverside community in the deep swamp of Apoi Clan, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, have pressed the panic button over their houses vibrating and getting disjointed due to unceasing gas flaring and worrisome overflow at a nearby flow-station operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC.
They complained that the community was facing extreme heat, roofs of buildings impaired and drinking water polluted as a result of uncontrolled gas overflow.
Sadly, while the three tiers of government share proceeds from fines relating to gas flaring, Ogboinbiri like others are left with just the negative impacts.