Amnesty International Nigeria Urges Oil Firms to Fund Niger Delta Cleanup

What changed

Amnesty International Nigeria has urged oil companies to fund environmental cleanup in the Niger Delta. Isa Sanusi, the group’s Nigeria director, made the call Tuesday in Port Harcourt while presenting Amnesty’s report, “Nigeria: Lifting the Lid.”

Why it matters

The appeal puts responsibility for cleanup directly on the companies operating in a region whose communities Amnesty identifies as affected by environmental damage. If oil firms respond, the next question will be whether funding becomes a concrete cleanup programme rather than another public promise.

The companies addressed, the amount sought and any response from them were not specified.