Authors :
Peter M. Eguvbe; Samson O. Akpodarie; Joy O. Obielumani
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 7 - July
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Abstract :
Oil spillage has devastating effect on health of
human’s, crop productivity and livestock, therefore, the
strategies for coping with the negative impact of oil
spillage on humans and the environment were
investigated in Ozoro Community, Niger Delta, Nigeria.
The population of the sample size is 480. In carrying out
the investigation, three hypotheses were formulated and
tested at 0.05 level of noteworthy degrees of freedom. A
questionnaire was used to collect data for the study.
Additionally, simple percentage and weighted mean
statistics were employed to analyze the data collected,
while chi-square was used for testing the hypotheses. Oil
spillage have significant effect on degradation of the
environment, there are negative effects of oil spillage on
health of humans, government played significant roles in
implementation of environmental laws to combat oil
spillage, oil spillage have negative impact on health of
aquatic animals and crop production and there are
possible solution to oil spillage. This research provided
information on individual, community, government, and
organization affected by crude oil spillage and oil
production activities, to be enlightened with regards to
environmental protection, sustainable development,
health care delivery and standard of living of people of
affected communities.
Keywords :
Oil Spillage, Health Risks, Aquatic Lives, Ozoro Community, Environmental Degradation
Oil spillage has devastating effect on health of
human’s, crop productivity and livestock, therefore, the
strategies for coping with the negative impact of oil
spillage on humans and the environment were
investigated in Ozoro Community, Niger Delta, Nigeria.
The population of the sample size is 480. In carrying out
the investigation, three hypotheses were formulated and
tested at 0.05 level of noteworthy degrees of freedom. A
questionnaire was used to collect data for the study.
Additionally, simple percentage and weighted mean
statistics were employed to analyze the data collected,
while chi-square was used for testing the hypotheses. Oil
spillage have significant effect on degradation of the
environment, there are negative effects of oil spillage on
health of humans, government played significant roles in
implementation of environmental laws to combat oil
spillage, oil spillage have negative impact on health of
aquatic animals and crop production and there are
possible solution to oil spillage. This research provided
information on individual, community, government, and
organization affected by crude oil spillage and oil
production activities, to be enlightened with regards to
environmental protection, sustainable development,
health care delivery and standard of living of people of
affected communities.
Keywords :
Oil Spillage, Health Risks, Aquatic Lives, Ozoro Community, Environmental Degradation
