Four Nigerian farmers and their villages are to get Shell’s $16 million (£13m) as compensation for the damage allegedly caused by oil spills.
The compensation comes after the Oil company Shell and the Friends of the Earth, a CSO reached an agreement.
DAILY POST learnt this in a statement on Friday by the Friends of the Earth group.
Recall that the Nigerian oil industry has been bedevilled by a myriad of challenges following environmental damages done to oil hosting communities.
From 2004 to 2007, the oil spills case lingered, and the payout followed a decision by a Dutch court that the Nigerian branch of Shell should be held responsible for the environmental damage.
The campaigners hailed the 2021 court decision as the first time a multinational had been deemed legally responsible for what a subsidiary did.
“We appreciate this compensation; we can build up our community again. We can start to re-invest in our living environment,” Eric Dooh, the son of one of the farmers who launched the case in 2008 alongside the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth, said.
Oil spillage: Four Ogoni Farmers to receive $16m as compensation from Shell
