Group Expresses Concern Over HYPREP’s Claims

Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and its allies have expressed concern over the level of politicking that has enveloped the entire clean-up process which was conceived to restore, remediate and rehabilitate the people of Ogoni and the Niger Delta region as a whole.

Speaking at an event held in Port Harcourt, yesterday, the Executive Director, Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani) stated that this was adversely affected by weak coordination between the State and Federal Government in the project implementation which has turned out to be a huge challenge.

Musa emphasised that environmental contamination caused by hydrocarbons is an epidemic in the Niger Delta region,adding that several oil spills have negatively affected human health and other receptors including land, air and water resources, leading to extensive socio-economic and cultural impacts on local communities in the area.

According to him, Following widescale national and international agitations, the Nigerian Government commissioned the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to undertake the environmental assessment of Ogoniland, a section of the Niger Delta.

Susan Serekara-Nwikhana