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15 Ogoni Pollution Sites Cleaned Up – FG
No fewer than 15 of the oil-polluted sites in Ogoniland have been cleaned up, the Federal Government has said.
Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmoud told reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting that the council approved N6 billion for the provision of potable water in the four local government areas of Ogoniland – Gokana, Khana, Eleme and Tai.
Mahmoud said: “My memo was approved and was with regard to the provision of potable water to the four local governments of Ogoniland of Rivers State; that is Gokana, Khana, Eleme and Tai, in the sum of N6,048,318,974.74.
“The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project was commissioned in 2016 to clean Ogoniland, impacted areas of Ogoniland, based on a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
“The mandate of the project is not just cleaning up the contaminated areas by oil pollution, but also to provide drinking water and three to also provide alternative livelihood for the people of that area.
“Currently, there will be six water projects to be provided in these four local government areas of Ogoniland and this has just been approved and work will start immediately.”
On why the cleanup has taken five years, Mahmoud said: “There was a delay of one year, but then we have progressed.”
“Within the last year, we have done up to 15 sites. So there’s a tremendous amount of progress.
“We are trying to push to catch up with the time, although we are still behind maybe by months.”
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