As noted in a recent but similar intervention, a visit to the community reveals a people faced with increased socio economic difficulties with no record of survival. Though the community has not vanished physically, many of its residents have been sacked by the pollution and businesses within the space destroyed. Some families decimated and dispersed. Those that choose to stay back in the community have been ‘absorbed’ by the pollution. They no longer enjoy economic, social and healthy progress that flows from good governance and social cohesion. Their lives are now fraught with uncertainty!
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‘’My wife too happens to be a BP patient as a result of this gas flaring. When I took her to the hospital, the doctor asked me if I stay in an environment with questionable activities and I answered in the affirmative. Consequently, he advised that I should relocate her away from there and that was how my family left.
If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led Federal Government is desirous of ending gas flaring in the country, then, the administration should consider as urgent, taking both practical and pragmatic steps to save the people of Ubeji Community
As stated elsewhere “the intentional involvement of traditionally underrepresented communities especially low-income people of color is key to addressing local environmental justice concerns. Not only do these communities benefit from inclusion in the planning processes, but their knowledge can help those making planning and policy decisions in identifying activities of polluters and potential hidden hazards that they may not even realize exist.