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Maroc Maroc - NEWSDELIVERS.COM - A La Une - 22/Aug 18:47

Activists are demanding the blocking of Shell's plans to sell its subsidiary in Nigeria

Environmental and human rights activists are calling on the Nigerian government to block plans to sell Shell's Niger Delta operations. As VOA correspondent Henry Ridgwell reports, activists are demanding that oil giant Shell first pledge to do more to tackle pollution in the region caused by the oil industry. For decades, major energy companies such as Shell have extracted oil from the Niger River Delta. This has brought billions of dollars in profits to oil companies and the Nigerian government. But residents have long complained about extensive environmental damage. “We cannot cultivate agricultural plants. The water is no longer drinkable. You can't fish because the fish are dying or dead,” says Florence Kayemba from the Democratic Stakeholder Network. Shell announced plans in January to pull out of the Niger Delta, selling its Nigerian subsidiary, licenses and mining infrastructure to a consortium of five mostly local firms. Shell says this is part of a plan to move away from fossil fuels. Civil society groups say Shell should do more to clean up the environment before it leaves. A recent report by the Dutch organization Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations warned that the sale plan is a 'ticking time bomb'. …

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