MAY 2,2023 JUBA……Unity State is a major oil producing state in South Sudan, but oil production has accompanied numerous complaints by local residents of increasing salinity of drinking water and unexplained rise in both livestock deaths as well as aquatic animals.
On account of what just happened recently, the Unity State citizens in oil producing vicinities are at all bothered and distressed about the pollution causing infant deformities, miscarriage, and death during delivery as well as death of their livestock and aquatic animals.
Last two years, most of Unity state’s oil wells were reported to have leaked during the rainy season, which runs from April to November, threatening the health, livelihoods and lives of those living near oil wells.
Source also told Heart of South Sudan that, a case of abnormal birth in Unity state, Mayom County was reported after a child was born yesterday morning and unfortunately died at the same day.
One of the doctors told HOSS that, ” We registered many cases of newborns from the oils fields presenting with nueral tube defects ( NTD), hundreds of babies are born prematurely each year and some with congenital malformation and other related cases.
The local communities are calling the government to apply its solemn swift intervention without treating them as slight with disdain and contempt by giving them only superficial attention to their outcry without immediate intervention.
Honourable Governor of Unity State , Dr. Joseph Nguen Monytuil is candidly calling for scientific research to address environmental pollution affecting communities in the Unity State.
Hon. Governor says there is a sincere need to explore substantial solutions to tackle oil pollution to save both the people, their livestock and aquatic animals .