Authors :
Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi
Volume/Issue :
Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 9 - September
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24SEP542
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Abstract :
Gas flaring poses threats to agriculture and
human wellbeing, especially in developing countries.
Nigeria remains one of the most gas flaring countries in
the world. Hence, gas flaring is of pivotal societal concern
in Nigeria. The most affected regions are the rural areas
of the country – namely, Niger Delta. The media, however,
is instrumental in shaping the public’s opinion on this
matter; it engenders attitudes, positive or negative;
reorients policies that are put in place to aid enabling
environment where the effects of gas flaring are largely
attenuated or completely consigned to the past.
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of media
in framing rural residents’ perceptions of gas flaring
effect on environmental pollution in Nigeria. This paper
aims to set in embryonic term the power of media,
uncover the initial and current role of media in framing
the perceptions of rural resident’s on this issue, and
propose a sketchy way forward.
References :
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- Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources. (2018). Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations. Retrieved from https://www.petroleumresources.gov.ng/fg-to-regulate-flare-gas-to-boost-electricity-gas-flare-out
- Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. (2024). Dangote Refinery Project. Retrieved from https://www.nnpcgroup.com/NNPC-Business/ Business-Information/Projects-Initiatives/Dangote-Refinery-Project
- Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria. (2024). Gas Flaring in Nigeria: A Human Rights, Environmental and Economic Monstrosity. Retrieved from https://eraction.org/gas-flaring-in-nigeria-a-human-rights-environmental-and-economic-monstrosity/
- World Bank. (2022). Nigeria Gas Flaring Brief. Retrieved from https://www.worldbank.org/en/ country/nigeria/brief/nigeria-gas-flaring-brief
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- Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria. (2024). Gas Flaring in Nigeria: A Human Rights, Environmental and Economic Monstrosity. Retrieved from https://eraction.org/gas-flaring-in-nigeria-a-human-rights-environmental-and-economic-monstrosity/
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Gas flaring poses threats to agriculture and
human wellbeing, especially in developing countries.
Nigeria remains one of the most gas flaring countries in
the world. Hence, gas flaring is of pivotal societal concern
in Nigeria. The most affected regions are the rural areas
of the country – namely, Niger Delta. The media, however,
is instrumental in shaping the public’s opinion on this
matter; it engenders attitudes, positive or negative;
reorients policies that are put in place to aid enabling
environment where the effects of gas flaring are largely
attenuated or completely consigned to the past.
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of media
in framing rural residents’ perceptions of gas flaring
effect on environmental pollution in Nigeria. This paper
aims to set in embryonic term the power of media,
uncover the initial and current role of media in framing
the perceptions of rural resident’s on this issue, and
propose a sketchy way forward.
