{"id":355408,"date":"2026-05-18T04:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T03:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355408"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:27:15","slug":"mosop-tinubu-not-sincere-with-ogoni-people-for-oil-resumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355408","title":{"rendered":"MOSOP\u00a0&#8211; Tinubu Not Sincere With Ogoni People For Oil Resumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of lacking sincerity in ongoing efforts to restart\u00a0 oil exploration in Ogoniland, insisting that key confidence-building promises remain unfulfilled.Gas price forecast<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Spokesperson of the Anda Wai-Ogosu faction of MOSOP, Mr. Oscar Imeabe, made the allegation while speaking at the May\u00a0 stakeholders\u2019 meeting organised by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, PINL, in Port Harcourt.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Imeabe said the Federal Government had failed to implement critical measures it earlier described as confidence-building steps toward the resumption of oil production in Ogoni land.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He specifically cited the Federal University of Environmental Technology in Ogoni, noting that although the institution commenced operations in September 2025, it had not received any operational funding from the Federal Government as of May 2026.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cPart of the confidence building measures by President Tinubu was the establishment of the Federal University of Environmental Technology in Ogoni. The school took off since September 2025, but as we speak, this is May 2026, the Federal Government has not released any funds for the running of that university,\u201d Imeabe said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSo where is the confidence building measures the president talked about?\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The MOSOP spokesman also referenced the legacy of environmental activism in the region, recalling the execution of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and others, and the longstanding grievances over environmental degradation and economic exclusion linked to oil production.Gas price forecast<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI want to also remind us that people like Ken Saro-Wiwa fought and died for this same oil operations in Ogoni.\u00a0 Oil was being pumped in thousands of barrels in Ogoni, while Ogoni communities remained impoverished and the environment degraded and devastated,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Imeabe stressed that MOSOP was not opposed to the resumption of oil production in Ogoni, but insisted that due process, inclusion, and community participation must be guaranteed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe are not against oil resumption in Ogoni, but we are saying that the right thing should be done. The people of Ogoni must be involved in the oil resumption process. The people of Ogoni must be part of oil production. The people of Ogoni must benefit from Ogoni oil,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He urged stakeholders and advisers within the Federal Government to prevail on President Tinubu to fulfil earlier commitments and rebuild trust with the Ogoni people before any restart of oil operations in the area.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By: Kiadum Edookor<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of lacking sincerity in ongoing efforts to restart\u00a0 oil exploration in Ogoniland, insisting that key confidence-building promises remain unfulfilled.Gas price forecast Spokesperson of the Anda Wai-Ogosu faction of MOSOP, Mr. Oscar Imeabe, made the allegation while speaking at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67315,"featured_media":355437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355443,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355408\/revisions\/355443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/355437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}