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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OIL SPILLAGE ON THE PRODUCTION OF SOME FOOD CROPS IN ISOKO SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE NIGERIA
Abstract
The significance of oil production on the growth and development of Nigeria is not in doubt since its discovery in commercial quantity in the Niger Delta Region in 1956. However, the damage poses by oil exploration on farming especially in the production of food crops in Niger Delta is a matter of intellectual discourse. This study examines the Socio-economic Impact of Oil Spillage on the Production of some Food Crops in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. A sample size of three hundred and ninety nine (399) farmers and some staff of oil companies operating in the study area were randomly selected and used for the study. Both questionnaire and interview were employed for data collection and were analysed with Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient Technique and One Way Chi-square Test. The findings revealed that equipment failure, pipeline corrosion, sabotage, oil well blow out, lack of maintenance of facilities and onshore discharge were the factors responsible for oil spillage. The findings also show that the regular occurrence of oil spills has lead to decline in food crops production in the study area. It also indicated that oil spillage results to loss of farmers’ income and shortage of foods in the study area. The study therefore recommended that government should compel the oil companies to control oil spillage using the existing policies on oil spills. Also, the oil companies should train their staff and provide adequate equipment to control oil spillage. Moreover, the oil companies should partner with the government to establish Oil Spill Compensation Agency (OSCA) to ensure prompt and adequate compensation on the affected farmers.
Key words: Food crops, Niger Delta, oil companies, Oil Spillage and sabotage.