Emmanuel Addeh writes that to champion the fresh agitation for environmental justice in the Niger Delta, the Bayelsa State Government eight-man commission recently visited some affected communities in a bid to come up with solutions to ameliorate the effects of decades of devastation in the region
Generally speaking, Nigeria is a poor country. In fact, a report by the World Poverty Clock in 2018, revealed that Nigeria had successfully overtaken India as the universal capital of extreme poverty.
But in the creeks of the Niger Delta where Nigeria gets most of its revenue through oil, poverty, desperation and hopelessness walk on all fours.
In the Niger Delta, the state of dolour and squalor is so palpable, a knife could easily sear through it. It’s a story of contrasts and contradictions, a tale of endless woes for a people so blessed, yet so cursed.
These narratives are not new. The struggle for a decent living by those mostly…
