AN ASSESSMENT OF LIABILITIES OF OIL PRODUCING COMPANIES FOR OIL SPILLAGE IN NIGERIA
AN ASSESSMENT OF LIABILITIES OF OIL PRODUCING COMPANIES FOR OIL SPILLAGE IN NIGERIA
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2014-08
Authors
ABDULMUMINI, Muhammed Tahir
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ABSTRACT
This project set out to examine the compensation of oil spill victims in
the Nigerian oil industry. The compensation of these victims has
become clumsy and dark in the wake of oil bunkering, pipeline
vandalism, sabotage, since in the past, oil spill was as a result of the
activities of the oil companies or operators. The object is to discuss
who is responsible for payments of compensation to oil spill victims
who are entangled in a political system that lacks legislative and
administrative guidelines and framework that will effectively deal with
the issue of petroleum compensations arising from sabotage,
bunkering and even activities of multinational oil companies. Nigeria
has become one of the most petroleum-polluted environments in the
world. The impact of the oil spill include habitat degradation, pollution
from gas flaring and these are cumulative and have acted
synergistically with other environmental stresses to impair
ecosystems and severely compromise human livelihoods and health.
These unfortunate incidents make the victims individuals and host
community, landowners, pond owners and other property owners to
demand compensation. It is hereby recommended that the Nigerian
government should set up oil pollution compensation funds that will
make provision for compensation for oil pollution damage resulting
from activities of not only multi-national oil companies but that of oil
thieves, saboteurs and pipeline vandals. More so, legislations that will
protect the environment of host communities and ensure timely
adequate and fair compensation to them are to be urgently enacted.
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BEING THE LONG ESSAY PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF LAW
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF ARTS DEGREE IN LAW
(M.A).
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL LAW
FACULTY OF LAW
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
Keywords
ASSESSMENT, LIABILITIES, OIL, COMPANIES, SPILLAGE, NIGERIA