Repairing the Niger Delta

Start Date: Early 2023

Timeframe: Up to 30 years

Budget: $50 billion |

Start Date: Early 2023 Timeframe: Up to 30 years Budget: $50 billion |

“Up to 1.5 million tons of oil — 50 times the pollution unleashed in the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster in Alaska — has been spilled in the Niger Delta over the past half century.”

— United Nations University

The report, the 'Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland' delivered by the United Nations in 2011 identified severe and ongoing contamination to the waterways, soil and mangroves of the Niger Delta.

To Do:

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Water treatment
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Soil treatment
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Groundwater treatment
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Mangrove restoration
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Invasive species control
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Sanitation
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Restoration of local food production
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Medical support
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Sustainable housing
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Infrastructure development
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Training and education
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Government advocacy
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The contamination has occurred due to a lack of response to spills, broken equipment, vandalism, lack of maintenance, overland spread, groundwater spread, and migration through the soil and waterways.

Some of observations included:

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Contamination as deep as 5 metres
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Drinking wells with benzene levels over 900 times above the World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline

The average life expectancy is less than 50 years.

“More oil is spilled from the Niger delta’s network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico.”

— United Nations University

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