Environmental Justice: Community Leader Urges Youths To Emulate Ogonis

A leader in Egi Clan in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Sunny Ogide, has urged the Egi Youth Federation (EYF) to emulate the Ogoni people in fighting for environmental justice.
He lauded the Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) for adopting measures to ensure environmental justice on their land.
“Today, Ogoni Youth Federation is in the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt Division with the Federal Ministry of Environment seeking for environmental justice.”
“The case is to ensure that the ongoing remediation programme is conducted in line with international best practices and to the very best interest of the Ogoni people.
“Sadly, Egi Youth Federation, perhaps one of the oldest youth federation in the Niger Delta, when they are in court, they do so against themselves,” he alleged.
Ogide also mentioned that the struggle in EYF is over leadership, and with nearly 60 years of oil exploration and exploitation in the kingdom, there is still no single environmental action.
“Our youths chose to be passive, and their passivity has been taken for docility.”
“Today, few greedy elements can substitute justifiably environmental action for money. This is the time to wake up from our deep slumber and protect our environment; no amount of adulterated environmental reports can bury the truth permanently,” he said.
The clan leader alleged that Egi land was one of the worst abused environments in the world.
“Our youths must choose between environmental action and stop in-fighting, the time is now,” he added.