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Article

14 Jun 2017

Author:
Davies Iheamnachor, Vanguard (Nigeria)

Nigeria: Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates & other NGOs say they are disappointed with the slow implementation of remedial action in Ogoni

"Nigeria: Ogoni Cleanup - We're Disappointed, Nothing's Happening - Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates", 

...Residents of the area are starting to get agitated over government's slowness in commencing the cleanup exercise estimated to gulp over $1billion, bringing to question the sincerity of the Federal Government in implementing the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP Report in the area...When NDV visited some of the remediation sites, there was not visible work on the sites, but officials of HYPREP, the body in charge of the remediation, said that it had begun desk works, adding that preparations before cleanup proper were enormous...Coordinator of Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates, KSA, Chief Gani Topba, called for immediate resignation of members of the committee set up to pilot the implementation process, stressing that they (members of Board of Trustee and Governing Council) have failed to deliver the needed result to the people...On the other hand, Coordinator, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, expressed worries over the delay in the commencement of the process, stating that FG [Federal Government] ought to declare state of emergency on the Ogoni and Niger Delta environment...Meanwhile, United Nations and the National Oil Spill Detection Remediation Agency, NOSDRA...visited Ogoni land to ascertain the level of work done in the cleanup process...[T]he resident coordinator, UN, Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallou, said the process has commenced, urging Ogoni people to be patient.