The Executive Secretary of Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), an NGO said this at a workshop on Strengthening Capacity for Afrika Vuka Volunteers in Nigeria.
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Wike stated this during a grand reception held in his honour by the Ogoni nationality in Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area
The Minister of the Environment, Muhammad Mahmoud, who disclosed to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting on Wednesday, said the affected local government areas were Gokana, Khana, Eleme and Tai.
In hindsight, history showed that Nigeria in the 90’s was a land under the grip of military machinery and fear. Abacha represented the evil of that decade. He governed to steal and stole to govern. He had an uncanny gift for tyranny and wickedness.
Dr. Marvin Dekil, the Project Coordinator, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, said at the opening of the bid in Port Harcourt that the project was initiative of the UN Environment Programme Report on Ogoniland.
Musa disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday.
Abubakar made the disclosure while speaking with State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja, adding that he had presented a report on the ministry’s mandate to a meeting of the Federal Executive Council
Appearing before members of the National Assembly for budget defence could test the wits of many and push their adrenalin into overdrive, more so, if one has to defend the activities of his or her predecessors.
The Federal Government says it is planning to make critical changes on Ogoniland clean up with intent to accelerate the pace of the project.
The Federal Government on Monday says it is committed in cleaning up the hydrocarbon impact on communities in Ogoniland in spite of challenges being faced in the exercise.
The Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project says rising insecurity in Ogoniland will not deter the Federal Government from remediating decades of oil-impacted communities in the area.
The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Marion Kappeyne, on Wednesday said the country was ready to support Nigeria to clean-up decades-long oil spills in Ogoniland.
The Federal Government says it decided to commence clean-up of Ogoniland rather than follow the UN Environment Programme’s recommendations due to recent developments.
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has mobilised 16 contractors to carry out environmental remediation and cleanup of oil spill in Ogoniland.
The Netherland Ambassador to Nigeria, Robert Petri, has urged the Federal Government to immediately commence the cleanup exercise of Ogoniland before 2019 general elections.
GAN President, Chima William, commended the progress of work, at a meeting organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Dr Marvin Dekil, Project Coordinator of HYPREP, made this known in Port Harcourt on Tuesday at the opening of technical and commercial bid for the 21 clean-up sites in Ogoniland.
According to him, the invitation is open to both local and foreign companies with requisite expertise and experience in the business.
The group, in a statement signed by its Co-ordinator, Michael Akoka, said it found the proposed plan incredibly irresponsible and insensitive to the systematic oppression, which Ogonis have faced and endured over the years
The statement said: “MOSOP is worried that this trend appear to be a replication of the civil crises engineered by the government of General Sani Abacha which eventually led to the hanging of our leaders in 1995.