The oil company Royal Dutch Shell agreed to pay compensation of US $ 84 million to a community in Nigeria due to oil spill incidents in 2008 and 2009.
Bodo community defense team consisting of at least 15,600 fishermen say their clients will each receive US $ 3,300
Then, a fund of US $ 30 million will be distributed to the community to address the impact of the oil spill in 2008 and 2009. Two shedding incidents were reported to have affected thousands of hectares of mangrove forests in the southern part of Nigeria.
"From the beginning, we have accepted the responsibility of two oil spills in Bodo is very unfortunate," said Mutiu Sunmonu, SPDC managing director, the company which is under the auspices of the Royal Dutch Shell.
The company said the true redress has been initiated since some time ago. However, the effort was hampered by divisions within the Bodo community.
However, the company insisted that the impact of environmental pollution in the region widened due to oil theft and illegal oil refining business.
Two incidents of oil spills originating from the same pipeline network that is operated by Shell Trans Niger. The drain pipe of 18,000 barrels of oil per day from the fields to the export terminal on the coast.
Office lawyers Leigh Day, which represents the Bodo community, stating the payment of compensation for the incident is the first oil spills in Nigeria.
Leigh Day also said Shell has agreed to clean up rivers affected by the oil spill in the coming months.
Amnesty International report describes how the oil spill in Bodo has caused health problems for society. Some residents reported experiencing headaches and problems in their eyes as a direct correlation of the oil spill.
Small and medium-sized economy was also affected. Therefore, the prices of fish, which is the main ingredient in the daily diet of citizens, multiplied ten times. UN study says drinking water sources contaminated participate.
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