President Buhari will launch the Ogoni land clean-up on June 2nd.
Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, disclosed this when she visited
Bodo in Gokana Local Government Area of the state to inspect an oil
spill clean-up demonstration this weekend.
“I can confirm that President Buhari will visit Ogoni land on June 2 to
flag-off clean-up of oil spills in the area as recommended in the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report.
Buhari would return to Ogoni land where he
inaugurated a fish pond in 1984 where the once flourishing pond
regrettably had been destroyed by oil pollution. The Federal Government
is coming back to restore the ecosystem to what it used to be and as
such restore the peoples’ source of livelihood. We are not just
committed to implementing the UNEP report but we are also going beyond
that by taking steps to improve security, good governance and economy of
the Niger Delta region. I can assure that the clean-up exercise is only
the beginning, as Mr President is focused on restoring hope to the
people of the region”she said
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