It said the visibility of the soot participles have only reduced due to the current rainfalls.
The Civil Society Coalition on Environmental Action said the issue pose grave danger to the Health of Rivers people.
Briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt, the leader of the group, Amadi Boma called on the state government to address the issue urgently.
Also speaking, a member of the coalition, Henry Efrebo called on the Rivers state governor to sign the bill seeking to prohibit illegal refineries in the state into law to strengthen the fight against illegal refining of crude.
Today FM’s Chinedu Iwunna reports that air pollution accounts for four point two million deaths annually across the world.
