Nigerian Maritime Administration and
Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the
National Oil Spill Response and
Emergency Agency, (NOSREA), have
ordered Shell to pay N1.84 trillion, as
fines and compensation for the 2011
Bonga oil spill incident.
The Director General of NIMASA, Mr.
Patrick Akpobolokemi said at the
public hearing organised by the House
of Representatives Committee on
Environment, that NIMASA calculated
a total of $6.5 billion, about N1.04
trillion, as compensation to be paid to
the communities affected by the spill.
The Director General of NOSREA, Mr.
Peter Idabo, also said the agency fined
Shell $5billion, which is about N800
billion, for the oil spill incident.
The NIMASA boss alleged that Shell
tried as much as possible to frustrate
the agency’s moves to get to the site of
the spill, adding that the agency had to
step in immediately after the spill by
providing some stop gap measures
such as relief materials to some of the
communities.
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