 The Minister of State for Petroleum Resource System, April Silver, has visited Oppo-Nembe Kingdom in Nembe, local government area of Bajasa State, where an oil spill along the Santa Barbara River has adversely impacted the environment. The spill was reported on the 5th of November 2021 and up till this moment, well-hearthed continues to spew crude oil into the environment. The natives are groaning over what they described as untold hardship, inflicted on them by the well-hearthed which belongs to IT or Eastern Exploration and Production Company, as the rivers and fountains have been greatly affected by the spill. They want something urgent to be done to remedy the situation. This happened precisely on the feet of November 2021 and you can see with yourself that our entire livelihood has been taken off us. The entire aquatic life is gone. Look at the vegetation and then somebody has even died. This is serious. We've been told in history that this is second to the worst that has happened in global history. We are angered with what is happening. We are totally angered and this must stop. We are demanding this must stop in no time and we're expecting that once it stops, there should be a remediation immediately of the environment and everything can happen. As sent by the president, we have gone to the site, we have looked at the place and we have seen that the company is making reasonable effort to contain the spill. We will go back, we will make comprehensive report to Mr. President and we will get back to the community. And of course, the company has assured us that they are going to do everything to ensure that the spill is contained and the Christmas tree is repaired. In fact, they are giving us a commitment that in the next two days, they will be in position to clean up to at least stop the spill. And of course, when we go back, I want to assure you that every step will be taken to ensure that this problem is finally contained. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.