Stakeholders remain divided about the wisdom in the continued search for hydrocarbon resources in the north, especially as billion has already been sunk without making a commercial find.
Browsing: Environmental Impact Assessment
“Be rest assured that if there is just one company that would be environmentally compliant in the industry, it is definitely going to be NNPC,” Baru told the NES delegation.
A source close to the village told journalists yesterday that three of the victims were members of the same family who had been in the mining business for more than two decades, adding that the other four were hired from the neighbouring village to help them in excavations.
He said that some of the defaulters did not conduct Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) before commencing operations, adding that this could be dangerous to the host communities’ health and cause environmental degradations.
“Honestly speaking, the level of mining companies compliance with the ministry’s law and regulation is very low. We have started a sensitisation programme across all the zones, educating them on why it is mandatory to adhere to our law to avoid sanctions,” he said.
23 November 2016, Lagos – The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) plans to develop collaborative strategies to ensure that operators…