66. On the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living they submit that it is linked with the rights to food and housing, as well as the right to gain a living by work and to the right to health. 67. On the right to health they refer to Articles 16 and 24 of the African Charter and Article 12.1 of the ICESCR and submit that the government of Nigeria has failed to promote conditions in which people can lead a healthy life due to its failure to prevent widespread which pollution as a consequence of the oil industry has directly led to the deterioration of the living situation for affected communities in the oil producing areas of the Niger Delta. 68. Frequent oil spills are a serious problem in the Niger Delta. The failure of the oil companies and regulators to deal with them clean-up greatly exacerbates the human swiftly and the lack of effective rights and environmental impacts of such spills. 69. Clean-up of inadequate, oil pollution in the Niger Delta is frequently both slow and leaving people to cope with the ongoing impacts of the pollution on their livelihoods and health. 70. There has been no effective monitoring by the Defendants of the volumes of oil-related pollutants entering the water system, or of their impacts on water quality, fisheries or health. 71. The Federal Government is yet to put in place modalities and logistics for the protection of the Niger Delta people as well as laws that will regulate activities in the Niger Delta and has not acted with due diligence to ensure that foreign companies operating in the Niger Delta do not violate human rights. 72. Plaintiff submits that by failing to deal adequately with corporate actions that harm human rights and the environment, the government only compounded the problem of Nigeria has not but has aided and abetted the oil companies operating in the Niger Delta in the violation of human rights. 19|Page