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Air Pollution in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria
1C.C. Tawari and 2J.F.N. Abowei
Corresponding Author: J.F.N. Abowei
Submitted: April 18, 2012
Accepted: May 14, 2012
Published: October 20, 2012 |
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Air pollution in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria was reviewed to create awareness of its consequences
and minimize it. Air pollution is one of the major environmental problems confronting the Niger Delta Area (NDA)
yet information regarding this is very scanty. The NDA is Nigeria’s most endowed region in terms of oil mineral
reserves and one of the most industrialized after Lagos, Nigeria’s former administrative capital. The operations of
these industries especially the upstream and downstream petroleum sectors as well as a variety of other
anthropogenically related activities including biomass combustion, refuse burning and traffic emissions releases a
barrage of substances like volatile organics, oxides of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, particulate matter, heavy metals and
other toxics at levels that most times exceed both the national and international guidelines. Apart from
compromising the quality of the atmosphere most of the air pollution in the region is observed to have local and
regional effects such as the formation of acid rain, water pollution, soil pollution and impacts on plants and wild life,
effects on materials and artifacts and recently contributing to the global warming effects. While most of these claims
may be true a great majority has not been substantiated scientifically and is rather based on assumptions or being
speculative. There are numerous challenges facing air quality studies in NDA. Like in most developing nations the
issues are multifaceted and the most acute have been lack of equipment, inadequate expertise, lack of infrastructure
and weak policy frame work. This and many other factors has been the bane to achieving the much desired goals
towards preserving the quality of the ecosystems and safeguarding the health of the public in the region. A brief
description of the Niger delta area, the possible sources/classification, fate, effects, of air pollution in the region with
highlights of a few case scenarios of air pollution from community automobile traffic and industries as well as
common related health problems are discussed in the study to create the needed awareness and solutions are
proffered.
Key words: Air pollution, control measures, effects, fate, Niger Delta, ources/classification,
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1C.C. Tawari and 2J.F.N. Abowei, . Air Pollution in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, (2): 94-117.
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ISSN (Online): 2049-842X
ISSN (Print): 2049-8411 |
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