Oil pollution Increase in Bayelsa: govt seeks help from Italy

The government of Bayelsa State has appealed to Italy to assist in remedying the state from environment degradation caused by oil pollution.

The Chief of Staff, Bayelsa House, Abuja, Chief Diekivie  Ikiogha, made the appeal, when he paid a courtesy call on the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Roberto Colamine.

Chief Ikiogha in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, called on the Italian government to help the state tackle its environmental challenges.

He noted that the peculiar terrain of the state as well as oil pollution, occasioned by oil exploration and vandalisation of oil pipeline, had thrown up enormous environmental challenges to government.

He appealed to the Italian Ambassador to support the government of President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Seriake Dickson by providing support to the development of the Niger Delta and the country as a whole.