Delta community seeks FG’s assistance in shoreline protection

The Ugborodo Community in Escravos, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State has called on the Federal Government to assist in the protection of its shorelines.
The community head, Wellington Ojogor, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, said that this would reduce the community’s loss of land to the sea.
Ojogor said that the protection could be done through the piling of the shorelines with steel or concrete embankment.
Ojogor explained that the community was losing vast portions of its land mass to the sea through the activities of oil companies.
NAN reports that Ugborodo is the host community to Chevron Oil Exploration Company in Escravos.
He said: “Piling the seashore around the Ugborodo is a major concern to the community to prevent further loss of land to the sea.
“Although we have started supporting the seashores with heaps of stones by the entrance of the community, but it is not an easy project.
“We need government’s assistance.”
Ojogor described the impact of oil explorations on the community as devastating, adding: “Fishing is our major occupation.
“We do not have fish in our rivers again due to oil spill.”
Ojogor urged the Federal Government, through the Niger Delta Development Commission, to urgently address the social and economic backwardness in the community.