Shell has questions to answer, By Uche Igwe

Demands for compensation by farmers whose livelihoods have been destroyed remain a valid one. It is consistent with ‘the polluter pays principle.’ A more sustainable approach would be a complete restoration of the farmlands, so that incoming generations can make use of them years later, rather than a simple one-off payment.

A few weeks ago, Niger Delta king, Godwin Bebe Okpabi, leader of the Ogale community in Ogoni land, sued Shell for what he described as decades of oil…