UNEP Report: Foundation Blames FG For Non-Implementation

A non-governmental
oganisation, Chikwere Uzoigwie  the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has blamed the Federal Government for the non-implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)  Report on Ogoniland three years after its release.
Executive Director of the foundation, Mr. Nnimmo Bassey said this at a workshop on Memories and Hope:  Ogoni Women as Ecological  Defender at the Suanu Finmale Hall, Bori headquarters of Khana Local  Government Area said the Ogonies will never remain silent but will continue to speak out against oppression and deprivation.
“Ogoniland has undeniably suffered peculiar ecological damage yet the people remain resilient, organised and hopeful “They remain forward  looking despite the many dark moments that they  will never ignore” he said.
He also said that the people have been left to their fate as the report on the remediation of Ogoniland as recommended by the United National Environment programme has not been implemented.
“At the third anniversary of the UNEP report, the people  are unjustifiably scandalized that they have been left to their fate as though nothing was wrong with their environment. No one believed that this much could elapse with no real action taken.’
Bassey said that the workshop  will examine how the women have coped with living in such a deadly  environment, “ we will also examine what measures could be taken to literally reverse the tide and what the obstacles that have made it possible for government and Shell to carry on as though nothing was amiss,” he said.
Also speaking, the Executive Director, Centre for creative Arts Edcuation, Miss Hilda Dokubo said that the situation in Ogoni can lead to insecurity noting that somebody must be held responsible for the non implementation of the report.
She however cautioned against violence as that can go to along way to worsen the condition of the people.