According to reports, Dr. Adekanmbi, an environmental scientist with a PhD in Environmental Science, is expected to lead the remediation efforts in Ogoniland, which has been plagued by environmental degradation and pollution from oil spills.
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The Joint Committee Chairman, Sen. Hassan Mohammed, stated this in Alode community, Eleme, on Thursday at the end of the committees` oversight visit to some remediation sites in Ogoniland.
The Federal Government has called on the people of Ogoniland to remain peaceful and avoid taking actions capable of delaying the clean-up in oil impacted communities in the area.
The Federal Government has concluded plans to commence the cleanup of Ogoni impacted communities on or before end of last quarter of 2018.
Dekilby, who briefed State House correspondents on the activities of the HYPREP in Ogoniland on Friday in Abuja, said the activities of the illegal and artisanal oil refiners had constituted a source of worry to the billion dollars Ogoni cleanup project.
The traditional rulers spoke during a series of meetings with Ogoni members of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project Governing Council, led by the President of MOSOP