A destroyed refinery By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks. Also, the company said 63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks . The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge. According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation. It further said that two large boats, which involve
By Akinola Ajibade
A Non-Profit Organisation( NGO) is set to present a documentary on women, with a view enable Nigerians and other nationals know the effects of extractive industries on their well being.
Part of the activities of the extractive sector include production of metals, minerals, oil among others.
Titled: Earth Women, the documentary aimed at bringing the problems of women living around extractive industries to awareness and further provide solutions to them.
Known as Corporate Social Responsibility ( CRS-In-Action) an owned by Ford Foundation, the organisation is about to present a 30-minute drama on effects of mining, oil exploration and other activities on women, who are living close to those companies
Also included in the documentary are issues such as Gender- Based Violence (GBV),discrimination, oppression, health and safety, rape, prostitution, economic disadvantage, and other challenges faced by women in artisanal mining and exploration.
Its Chief Executive, Bekeme Masade-Olowola in a statement signed and sent to the News Mirror, yesterday, said that women are among the most vulnerable in the sector,adding that the need to proffer solutions to the problems is critical to their growth
She said; ' Women are often the worst victims of the adverse effects of mining and oil and gas exploration, but their stories have remained largely untold because their voices are often silenced in male-dominated societies,”
According to Olowola,it took the firm almost two years to conduct research navigate the terrains on how to bring their views to the world through a documentary.
"As an African woman and reformer, I embrace my calling to use storytelling to bring focus to issues that matter to us most in Africa. No one but us must tell those stories in our own voice”.she added.
Also, an award winning film maker, Dolapo Adeleke said the documentary would bring about great developments for women and the society in particular.
“There are disturbing revelations and eerie tales told by the women who live in communities where extractive industries are located and faced both generational marginalisation and discrimination. This docudrama unearths their struggles and aimed at highlighting important issues that have continued to plague women and children even in these supposed modern times.”said Adeleke.
She said that CRS-In -Action, as part of the documentary, would host the third world communities and Human Rights (CAHR) Awards soon.
The awards, she added, were meant to honour individuals and organisations, who have played a role in the entrenchment of social justice and community development in Africa
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