Nigeria: Special Report - How Gas Flaring Turns Akwa Ibom's Oil Communities Into a Furnace

Nigeria: Special Report - How Gas Flaring Turns Akwa Ibom's Oil Communities Into a Furnace

In three Akwa Ibom oil communities, families now live within metres of blazing gas flares that have turned night into daylight, poisoned air and water, and exposed the widening gap between Nigeria's oil wealth and the lives sacrificed for it.

SPECIAL REPORT: How gas flaring turns Akwa Ibom’s oil communities into a furnace

In three Akwa Ibom oil communities, families now live within metres of blazing gas flares that have turned night into daylight, poisoned air and water, and exposed the widening gap between Nigeria’s oil wealth and the lives sacrificed for it.  The post SPECIAL REPORT: How gas flaring turns Akwa Ibom’s oil communities into a furnace  appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Special Report: How Gas Flaring Turns Akwa Ibom’s Oil Communities into A Furnace - Thepodiummedia

In three Akwa Ibom oil communities, families now live within metres of blazing gas flares that have turned night into daylight, poisoned air and water, and exposed the widening gap between Nigeria’s oil wealth and the lives sacrificed for it.  In some oil-producing communities in Onna, Akwa Ibom State, South-south of Nigeria, darkness has been replaced by fire. As dusk settles over Ikot Ebekpo, Ikot Ebidang and Ikot Annang in Onna, an orange gla…