Wednesday, 26th July 2006
Enforcement of periodic integrity checks, effective surveillance, prompt response mechanisms, community participation in decisions bothering on security and safety of pipelines, eradication of poverty through the protection of local livelihoods are immediate measures government must implement to contain incessant pipeline explosions and the attendant massive loss of human lives and property, the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has said.