MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARD IN THE OIL PRODUCING AREAS OF BAYELSA STATE
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ABSTRACT:- 1956 oil was first struck in commercial qualities in Oloibiri in the present day Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Accordingly, the discovery of oil has brought economic prospect to the nation and environmental degradation to the lives of the people who lived around multinational oil companies, where oil exploration activities is carried out.
Ø The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) estimated that about 2, 300 cubic meters of crude oil are jettisoned into the environment yearly thus causing oil spills in Nigeria.
Ø To guide this study, four research questions were raised while four hypotheses were formulated and tested.
Ø The research design was survey method using simple random method four hundred (400) indigenes of Bayelsa were selected for the study.
Ø The instrument for data collection were questionnaire and observation. Simple percentage was used to analyze the data obtained.
Ø The data analysis revealed that oil spillage affects health of the people.
Ø The agricultural output of the people are decreasing annually as a result of oil spillage in the environment destroying soil fertility.
Scarcity of water even when Bayelsa State is an island as a result of water pollution. In conclusion it reveals that nothing or less has been done to the suffering of the people of Bayelsa State. When there is an outbreak of oil spillage in the community. There is no potable water for the people when their source of drinking water is polluted they have no alternative of other source of drinking water.
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