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INVESTIGATION: Rivers residents 'dying slowly' as illegal oil refining worsens soot pollution thecable.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thecable.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BY NWAORGU FAUSTINUS A clean, pure, healthy environment and atmospheric air play an important role in the longevity and good health we as human beings enjoy. However, the opposite could be said of a milieu or an environment that is polluted with soot. Advertisement A few years ago in Rivers state, there was massive reportage on the issue at hand – dangers of soot, otherwise known as “Particle Pollution”. Recently, many residents residing in Port Harcourt, Rivers state have taken to some social media platforms and groups to raise their voice regarding the soot palaver and the danger it poses if left unchecked. ....
Punch Newspapers Sections SAMPSON ITODE A resident in Rivers State, Diepriye Joe, is disturbed by the persistent impure carbon particles fouling the air in the state. This is particularly because she feared that the polluted air could infect her with lung infection. Joe, who resides in Buguma town in the Asari-Toru Local Government Area of the state, lamented that soot had worsened an already bad ecological situation in the area, She said, “The soot is enormous here. We have been managing water pollution for a long time in this area. We no longer drink well water because of the petrol-like substance in it and now the air too is polluted. Where are we going to live with our children? I don’t know which part of the state that is safe now. ....
With ‘Speak Ikwerre’, Sekibo moves to save Niger Delta dialects On Kindly Share This Story: Senator Emmanuel Diffa, Managing Director, HERITAGE Bank, Dr. IFIE SEKIBO, author of Let us Speak Ikwerre, Mrs Oyintarela Umeri, and former Managing Director Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr TIMI ALAIBE By Nnamdi Ojiego In today’s Nigeria, nothing much has been achieved in the area of encouraging the teeming youths and children to speak their local dialect. Many children hardly speak their local dialect as English language is relegating indigenous languages. Though it is believed that most parents are guilty of not teaching their children their dialect, several government agencies and private institutions have also neglected that area, which actually contributes immensely to the development of tourism in Nigeria. ....
• As 23,000 persons suffer respiratory related ailment in five years Following recent increase in activities of illegal refiners and bunkerers, there is fear in Rivers State that this may cause a surge of deadly black soot in the atmosphere. A reviewed report of a technical team set up by the Rivers State government and headed by the state’s former Commissioner for Environment, Prof. Roseline Konya, revealed that about 22,077 persons have suffered from respiratory related ailments in the last five years. The team, made up 20 experts from various inter-disciplinary and relevant fields, including a consultant physician and dermatologist at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Dr. Dasetima Altraide, had conducted investigative studies into the airborne particulate (soot) in Port Harcourt and the report stated that illegal bunkering and gas flaring are two major sources of soot in the state. ....