Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People has alerted on the resurgence of violence in most Ogoni communities, as eight people die in the latest attack on Sunday.
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The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People has raised the alarm over the spate of cult related violence and killings in some communities in Ogoni land.
Jibril told the News Agency of Nigeria on the sideline of the 2018 International Day for Preservation of Ozone Lay in Abuja that the exercise would begin before the end of this year.
The Minister of State for Environment, Malam Ibrahim Jibril, made this known on Friday while inspecting medical outreach in Terabor General Hospital, Gokana Local Government Area of the state.
He said the UNEP report clean up of Ogoni land is about $1 billion dollars of which no Ogoni person should toy with, pointing out that at best what the state governor could give them is N100million
Speaking during an interactive session the Minister of Environment had with all stakeholders in Ogoni, at the Freedom Centre, Bori in Khana Local Government Area, Abe said that achieving the implementation of the report required all hands on deck to encourage President Buhari to accomplish the task of realizing the clean-up of Ogoni land
The government and Shell had thought that Saro-Wiwa’s killing will frustrate the Ogoni and ease the resumption of oil mining in Ogoniland. That was not to be as the people have consistently and persistently held on to the oil till date except in cases where agents of Shell have been reported to be stealing the Ogoni oil.
Ogoni has become a metaphor for millions of oppressed people around the world who are denied access to decent living, oppressed by strong governments and systems that does not guarantee basic freedom and denied even the right to free expression
Amaechi spoke on Sunday at the thanksgiving celebration of former Council Chairman of Khana Local Government Area, Gregory Nwidam, at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, Bane.