- Causes pollution and all spillage that has a dangerous effect on our lands, water and air.
- Has led to negligence & agricultural development that was the main stay of our economy before the advent of oil.
- Causes over-crowdedness and congestion of people in the oil producing areas E.g. Port-Harcourt.
- Causes revenue allocation problems.
- Has led to over-reliance on petroleum product thereby causing production negligence of other export goods.