REMEDIATION OF OIL-CONTAMINATED SOIL IN NIGERIA

This paper examines the environmental pollution and remediation of oil spillage in the (Niger delta) Nigeria, oil spillage is one of the greatest problems Nigeria is currently battling with especially in Niger delta region. Oil communities at have been at the receiving end of environmental problems, the problem has generated a lot of concern within three arms of government especially in the oil producing states. Bioremediation Among the different techniques to enhance natural degrading by indigenous microorganisms, seeding of new bacteria and fertilizing the indigenous populations have attracted the most interest. the application of nutrients as nitrogen and phosphorus in the form of fertilizers have shown to be most effective in accelerating the bioremediation process and at the same time to be environmental and economic beneficiary to the Nigeria soil.