Group Tasks FG On Ogoni Clean-Up

A pan Ogoni youth organisation, the Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF), has  urged the Federal Government to expedite action on the implementation of the United Nations Environment Project, (UNEP) report for the clean-up of the polluted  Ogoni  environment.
The group, which expressed dissatisfaction over the activities of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in Ogoni, called on the Federal Government to to review the operations of HYPREP, noting that the federal agency has failed to deliver the Ogoni clean-up project according to the recommendations of UNEP.
The youth organisation, in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Comrade Legborsi Yaamabana, accused HYPREP of hiding under the cover of the Federal Government to undermine the interest of the Ogoni people through deliberate compromise and flouting of UNEP standard.
The statement which read in part, declared that; “The Ogoni Youth Federation wish to express our discontent over the activities of HYPREP in Ogoni land.
We note with a deep sense of disappointment that years after the official flag off of the Ogoni clean up project, nothing substantial has been done to remediate the despoiled Ogoni environment. Rather, HYPREP has resorted to media hypings and propaganda to make unrealistic claims over the Ogoni clean up project.
“We call on the Federal Government to exert due surveillance over the activities of HYPREP to ensure that Ogoni clean up project is carried out according to UNEP recommendations.
“It is regrettable that the Ogoni people still use  benzene as water, while HPREP keeps touting its successes on the Ogoni clean up in the media, this is not only a disservice but a sabotage to the Ogoni people.
“We call on the Federal Government to expedite action on the Ogoni clean up project to alleviate the suffering of the Ogoni people”.

Taneh Beemene