Author: Sylvester Yormie

Youths from Gokana Local Government of Rivers State defied the rains on Thursday to rally against oil re-pollution in their communities. The rally organized by a non-governmental organization in the forefront of campaigns for a clean environment in the Niger Delta, Center for Environment Human Rights and Development, CEHRD, kicked off from Barako to Biera, Terado -Bera- Mogho and terminated at Kpor, the local government headquarters. The Youths made up mainly of ex-artisanal oil miners and a few women who joined as the train progressed, distributed fliers as they moved accompanied by a music band, calling for an end to…