• Sunday Apochi

Oil pollution is without a doubt a serious challenge in Nigeria today. Since Nigeria discovered crude in Oloibiri, the present day Bayelsa state in 1956 the environment has been wrought with oil spills which have caused the degradation of farmland and gradual destruction of aquatic life through the exploration and exploitation of crude oil. This is even more sickening considering that the general environment where these oil spills occur are where the livelihood of the local which is fishing and farming depend on. This has caused a halt in the people’s occupation and more or less destroyed the local economy. This paper seeks to examining the various international legal framework that have been enacted by the international community ratified and domesticated by the Nigerian government with the view to control this impediment. It will also discuss the impact of these laws on oil pollution with the view of reviling if they have succeeded in addressing this burning issues.

Environment, Petroleum, Pollution, Oil, Spill.

"EXAMINING THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTROL OF OIL POLLUTION IN NIGERIA*", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.f444-f458, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107688.pdf

"EXAMINING THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTROL OF OIL POLLUTION IN NIGERIA*", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppf444-f458, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107688.pdf