BE THE JUDGE

A few comparisons between Norway, United Arab Emirates, and Nigeria will be put in context to enable you to pass an unbiased judgment.

THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG

 

According to Wikipedia, the region known as Niger Delta is over (27,000 square miles) less than 8% of the total geographic area of Nigeria. It is Africa's third-biggest drainage basin and the continent's largest wetland. The Delta's four ecological zones are the barrier islands along the coast, the mangrove swamp forests, the freshwater swamps, and the lowland rainforests. It's made up of Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa Ibom, River, Imo, Ondo, Abia, Edo, and Cross River, which are home to more than 30 million people (NIGER DELTA UNDP 2006). Experts say the following key states, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, and Delta, have disproportionate oil pollution and gas flaring. It is also where much of Nigeria's oil prospecting is taking place. Many International Oil Companies (IOCs), notably Shell, are based in the area and have significant operations there. After Shell discovered an oil well in Bayelsa State in 1956, oil exploration began. With a current production of 2.4 million barrels per day (BPD), Nigeria is Africa's leading crude oil production and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' sixth-largest oil exporter (OPEC), to which it was a member in 1971 when it first began exporting in 1958. ( DPR 2014).

         GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE OIL PRODUCING  REGION IN NIGERIA