Capt Warredi Enisuoh, a Niger Delta stakeholder has urged his kinsmen to put an end to oil pipeline vandalisation in the region.
He made the call during a chat with newsmen at the first Pan-Ijaw Economic Summit 2024 in Bayelsa State, worrying that illegal pipeline activities will not help the region but are capable of shortening the lives of indigenes.
At the economic summit with the theme, ‘Environmental Regeneration and Economic Sustainability”, Capt. Enisuoh, whose presentation was centred on infrastructure, described the benefits of carbon capture, noting that the protection of already existing infrastructure will support government efforts.
He said instead of communities vandalising pipelines and destroying their environment, there are other ways they can make money from the environment which is very rich in mangrove trees.
Enisuoh said since one tree alone can absorb 80 kilograms of CO2 in a year and with thousands of trees in communities, indigenes can work with the boundaries commission and exchange them for income.
” If the communities do not pollute the environment any further, these trees can strive and we will be able to take stock of these trees and generate income for the companies that scream carbon. These companies are around the world.
“Many of them are willing to partner with the region like this in exchange to participate in industrial development that is not going to create further carbon emissions, create more global warming and also be able to improve the health and well-being of the inhabitants of the region”