The Archbishop of York and Chairman of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, Bishop John Sentamu, said the outfit is independent in its functions.
Bishop Sentamu was speaking at a function involving “Civil Society Organisations in Yenagoa.
Ovieteme George reports that rich in oil, Bayelsa and other states of the Niger Delta suffer environmental pollution as a result of equipment failure by multinational companies with few reported cases of third party breach.
Home to the first commercial oil well in 1956, oil spills are a recurring decimal in Bayelsa with Communities bearing the brunt.
The Bayelsa State Oil And Environmental Commission was inaugurated on the 28th of March 2019. Just over a month after its establishment, the Commission is meeting with Civil Society Organisations in Yenagoa to discuss its
An outline of its mode of operation seems to gain support of members of the different Civil Society Organisations present at the occasion.
The Bayelsa State Oil And Environmental Commission will be visiting more environmentally degraded communities in the coming days.
