NAN The United Kingdom has pledged to partner with the Federal government in efforts to clean Ogoni area in the Niger Delta and tackle other environmental challenges across the country. Ms. Lavie Beaufils, the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, conveyed the pledge on Monday in Abuja when she paid a courtesy visit on the […]
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Ogoni clean-up
Be patient, we’ll clean up your environment, Buhari tells Ogoni leaders
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged the people of Ogoni land in the South-South region of the country to be patient as government along with international community was working to restore their degraded environment. Special Adviser to the President on Media on Publicity, Femi Adesina quoted the President as saying this while […] …
Stakeholders handicapped in Ogoni clean-up — NOSDRA
NATIONAL Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has said that stakeholders are handicapped in the actual cleaning of oil polluted Ogoniland, Rivers State, due to continued oil spill and illegal refining in the area.
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Resumption of oil exploration’ll frustrate Ogoni clean-up —MOSOP
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, yesterday claimed that the alleged move by the Federal Government to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland was a plot to frustrate the clean-up process in the area.
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FG urged to set up desk for information on Ogoni clean-up
PORT HAR-COURT— In view of the commencement of the clean-up of the polluted Ogoniland, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has urged the Federal Government to set up a special desk where complaints and information about the project would be submitted.
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Buhari committed to Ogoni clean-up, says minister
Minister of State for Environment, Usman Jibrin Ibrahim, has disclosed President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to the Ogoni cleanup. He spoke yesterday in Abuja at the Nnimmo Bassey National colloquium to mark his 60th birthday. Ibrahim said the Federal Government was not playing politics with the August date, which it promised to begin the remediation work […] …
