... any place in the same situation. The people who own the land that is being used have not received the benefits; this exploitation of oil has only bought pollution of soil and water, health defects, political suppression and violent reaction by the government. Most of the area surrounding and in the middle of all the oil extraction system lack clean piped water, education electricity, road system and medical facilities. Ekakpamre is an area in Nigeria where there was an oil spill on the 17 September 1998 the spill was very close to a stream that was fast flowing in to the delta so the water was contaminated and a lot of crops were killed which caused many different problems with farmers including starvation and bankruptcy. There were many problems after the spill as a clear up by Shell was organised and the agreement was set but then the locals changed ...

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