"This is a most welcome landmark ruling. It is a crying shame that hapless folks and communities have to shop for environmental justice abroad because they can't find it in Nigeria. In addition to litigating specific cases, there is a need for intensive sensitization of the Nigerian judiciary and the regulatory system (including Federal Ministry/Ministers of Petroleum and Environment) to demonstrate a sense of urgency, duty and commitment - shamefully lacking for over sixty years till date - to environmental justice for communities whose existence is threatened by the continually worsening plague of oil and gas pollution."
Iniruo Wills
President, Homeland Chapter of Ijaw Professionals Association (and former Commissioner for Environment in Bayelsa State).
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