The advent of oil production has also negatively impacted the Niger Delta region due to unprecedented oil spillage which has been ongoing for the past 5 decades making the region one of the most polluted in the world.. 
Ó gbé ròyìn jáde fún ìgbà àkọ́kọ́ ní ọjọ́ kínní oṣù kẹwa ọdún 1940.Gẹ́gẹ́ bí onítàn Gary Stewart ṣe sọ, Radio Congo Belge, pẹ̀lú Radio Brazzaville àti Congolíà, “Kó ipá nínú sí ṣàfihàn oríṣiríṣi irú àwọn orin ní etí odo Odò Congo” 