An Exxon Valdez sized oil spill has occurred on average every year for the past 50 years in the Niger Delta, according to an independent team of experts led by IUCN and the World Wildlife Fund. Exxon Mobil is responsible for 4 separate spills in the same area of the Niger Delta in the last 7 months alone.

Exxon Mobil has admitted to minimal responsibility for the spills but has not taken appropriate or inclusive steps to clean up, compensate communities for their loss of livelihood or reduce the potential of future environmental damage.

For decades, oil companies including Exxon Mobil have been operating in Nigeria under a double standard when compared to their operations in the United States or Europe. The response to the Gulf oil spill as compared to the response to the larger, repeated spills in the Niger Delta is emblematic of this practice.

Tell Exxon's CEO to clean up their oil spills in the Niger Delta!

Join Justice in Nigeria Now in supporting Niger Delta communities' call for an environmental impact assessment of the damage caused by these spills; ongoing monitoring;  environmental remediation; and an inclusive process to compensate impacted villagers, address ways to improve oil companies' operations in Nigeria, and reduce the likelihood of future spills.