Following challenges encountered in Nigeria\u2019s federal structure and\u00a0 the
\npoor regulation of Nigeria\u2019s oil and gas sector, some African
\ndiplomats\u00a0 serving
\nin Nigeria have identified inequitable distribution of resources and\u00a0 poor
\nregulation of the oil sector as reasons for environmental degradation
\nespecially in the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n
The envoys also pointed the way forward in the area of\u00a0 peace building in
\nthe face of the security challenges facing the nation.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Abuja, the Angolan Envoy to Nigeria, Joaquin Costa,\u00a0 and his
\nTanzanian counterpart, Daniel Olay Njoolay, said some of the challenges
\nencountered by Nigeria bordered on inequity and strict implementation of
\nenvironmental laws.<\/p>\n
Receiving the Nation<\/span><\/span>al Coordinator of the Niger Delta Based Sheriff had lamented the massive and damaging oil spill and general \u201cThere is pollution in the northern part of Angola but not very much. We Speaking on peace, the Tanzanian Envoy noted that the country had enjoyed \u201cOur founding President always said that for peace to exist, two things are The CEPEJ coordinator had praised the peaceful co-existence of Following challenges encountered in Nigeria\u2019s federal structure and\u00a0 the poor regulation of Nigeria\u2019s oil and gas sector, some African diplomats\u00a0 serving in Nigeria have identified inequitable distribution of resources and\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNon-Governmental Organisation, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice,
\nComrade Sheriff Mulade, who visited the ambassador in his office in Abuja,
\nto intimate him on the African Leadership and Security Conference scheduled
\nfor November 10, 2016 at the Shehu Ya\u2019rdua Center, Abuja, the ambassador
\nnoted that in spite of the fact that environmental pollution existed in the
\nnorthern part of Angola, the government applied strict penalty for erring
\nmultinational companies.<\/p>\n
\nenvironmental pollution perpetrated by multinational companies for which
\nstrict penalties have not been applied by the Nigerian government.<\/p>\n
\ncompensate the locals for pollution effects. There is a policy to penalize
\nmultinationals that\u00a0 contravene our policy\u201d, he said<\/p>\n
\npeace following its founding President, Julius Nyere\u2019s philosophy of
\njustice and equity.<\/p>\n
\ncritical: there must be justice; there has to be minimal differences in
\nequitable distribution of resources. Without it, there is no peace. He
\nspoke about it and put it in practice\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
\nTanzania\u2019s\u00a0 ethnic
\ngroups and peaceful relations with Zanzibar and sought the country\u2019s
\nparticipation in the conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"