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Political Ecology, the Silent Driver of Environmental Degradation in the Oil and Gas Producing Communities of Niger Delta: Can the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 Curb this Threat to Human Security?
Environmental degradation, has been the bane of the oil and gas producing communities of the Niger Delta (OGPCND), right from the inception of the discovery of oil in commercial quantity in 1958. The Petroleum Industry Act (2021). Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 108(142), A121-370 (hereinafter referred to as PI Act 2021), was enacted as a panacea to the problem of environmental degradation in the OGPCND and other challenges associated with oil and gas production and development. The PI Act 2021 was intended to reform Nigeria’s petroleum sector by strengthening regulatory o…
