Nigeria`s Petroluem `s Future

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Nigeria has recently become aware of the environmental and ecological problems which are considered a result of the oil industrial activities. The latter has increased the percentage of air, land and marine pollutions. Thus, government in Nigeria is warned to take step forward protecting their environment by reducing oil industrial activities and find alternative ways to reducing oil use.

Nigeria has suffered from air and marine pollutions due to heavy amount of oil split during marine navigation and oil products shipping.  Indeed, that leads to affect seas and oceans negatively specifically water, fish and soil. In addition, this affects its economy since the government will pay for repairing the damage of the environment.   According to the article of “ A review of the Nigerian petroleum industry”, “in Nigeria alone it has been estimated that about 2696 oil spill incidents occurred between 1976 and 1990, totalling about 2.1 million barrels of oil, with the highest annual quantities of spills occurring between 1978 and 1980” (Ogri, 2001).

                Government in Nigeria has worked so hard to reduce the downsides of the oil industries. However, lots of efforts are put toward protecting the environment but there are some factors that go against their efforts, such as their carelessness about the serious problems of the oil industry, economy status, lack of technology and others. The efforts that Nigeria has tried to put in order to reduce the negative effects of oil industries on environment continue although all of the limitations that have been mentioned above.

According to the article of “ A review of the Nigerian petroleum industry” , there are some recommendations that are mentioned in order to increase the awareness of people regarding the negative effects of oil industries activities on the environment. “1- communities should be properly informed and educated about any oil spills or ecological damage caused by the petroleum industry as a whole. 2- Indigenes of the oil producing communities should also be involved in high level decision making of the government as they relate to the oil industry. 3- a sustainable energy path that drastically reduces the pollution associated with the industry should be pursued” (Ogri, 2001). and others. Thus, Nigeria`s  government should educate people about the downsides of excess use of oil, collaborate with them to find alternative fuels and provide people with things that have few oil components.

Reference:

Orgi, O. R. (2001). A review of the Nigeria Petroleum Industry and the Associated Environmental

Problems, 21(1), 11-21. http://www.springerlink.com/.

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