Spread the word Concerned environmental organisations have called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to urgently review Executive Order 9, insisting that gas flaring penalties should serve strictly as deterrents against environmental violations—not as a source of government revenue. The appeal was made on Friday during a World Press Conference in Abuja. Speaking on behalf of the coalition, Comrade Itsede Victor described the continued remittance of gas flaring penalties into the Federation Account as a fundamental injustice to Niger Delta communities, who bear the brunt of the health and environmental consequences of routine gas flaring. “The central question before the nation is this: Should gas flaring penalties serve as a deterrent against environmental destruction, ...