Nnimmo Bassey
Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, has cautioned African governments anticipating that Africa will develop through crude oil exploration and investments in dirty energy to brace up to the fact that the continent will soon become a dumping ground for obsolete technology, as the world moves away from fossil fuels.
Bassey said beyond the health hazards associated with extraction, the African continent had become replete with exploitative markets, militarised communities and contract labour that keep the people in bondage and the continent under-developed.
He made these remarks in his presentation on Fossil Fuels Industry and Climate Change at a virtual training for journalists from Nigeria, Cameroun, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and South Africa on Climate Change Reporting in Africa, organised by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA).