Onshore Divestment: Niger Delta Women Commend Reps, Insist on Ecosystem Restoration

By Kelechi Nwaucha
Women in the Niger Delta have commended the House of Representatives over its decision on the controversial divestment of onshore holdings by oil multinationals. The House of Representatives had passed a resolution against granting of consent, by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), to divesting International Oil Companies (IOCs) until there is full compliance with the guidelines for decommissioning and the regulations made under the Petroleum Industry Act. In a statement on behalf of oil-impacted community women in Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta and others in the region on Thursday, executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, Dr. Emem Okon, said the Niger Delta commends the House of Representatives, especially the Committee on Environment, "for heeding to the voices of Niger Delta Women, by speaking up against the illegal divestment without proper consultation with the communities and full restoration of the eco-system in the region." For months, women in Abua/Odual, Egbema, Yenagoa, Ibeno, Eleme, Gokana, Sagbama and many other oil-bearing or impacted communities in the Niger Delta have mounted a non-violent campaign for the multinationals to "restore our land before leaving." Read more: https://phmundial.com/onshore-divestment-niger-delta-women-commend-reps-insist-on-ecosystem-restoration/

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