“a story of environmental ruins in Akwa Ibom’s coastal city of Ibeno“.
‘We can Farm’, tells a story of community members from Akwa Ibom’s oil rich location, Ibeno, one of the coastal areas in Nigeria’s southern state, where environmental ruins have now made Agriculture a daunting and less productive task.
The defiant residents of Iwuo Okpom village in Mkpanak, expect better yields from crops they go all out to plant, but decry how oil and gas exploration in the area has tampered with their environment.
The activities they highlighted also affect the aquatic life, disrupting fish farming, which is the area’s comparative advantage.
Data shows the environmental issues in Ibeno is intense. According to 10year period statistics (2012 – 2022), the Nigerian Gas flare Tracker shows that Ibeno is mostly hit with the highest volume of Gas flared in Akwa Ibom, ( 45.3million Standard cubic feet, out of 47.2million Standard Cubic Feet flared in the state ) follwed by Esit Eket Local Government Area recording 1.9million Standard Cubic Feet of flared gas.
The documentary produced by Inspiration FM’s Senior Correspondent; Imaobong Dem, to spotlight environmental issues coastal communities have to deal with, as a result of activities by oil exploration companies and the climate change reality, identifies these issues and more.
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