Disaster Response and Recovery Practices among Oil Spill Impacted Communities in Selected States in

The study checked the disaster answer and recovery practices among lubricate spill jolted communities in selected states in Niger Delta domain of Nigeria. The study cut-across six (6) LGAs from three (3) states, that is, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Delta while inquiry was administered among 400 accused with return rate of 94% consisting of 375 valid questionnaires. The restored questionnaires were analysed using descriptive enumerations and ANOVA for the study hypotheses. The consequence of the study indicated that abandonment of shed site (21.3%) is ultimate adopted response practice while in-situ blazing of oil (22.4%) and scooping of the shed oil (22.1%) as the important recovery practices. Statistically, there was no meaningful difference in post-accident practices such as disaster reaction (where p > 0.05, p= 0.116) and improvement (where p > 0.05, p= 0.775) across united states of america. In conclusion, there is need for synergy between all the multi-agency and engrossment of the community in deriving enduring post-disaster practices. Harmonizing various overlapping legislations and governance organizations was recommended.

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