Impact Of Exploration: Ogoniland Yet To Be Cleaned
It has been more than three years since the insinuation by the federal government of the clean up of Ogoni without anything to suggest that. And people are beginning to react.
There have been censures by some environmental promoters over the slow pace taken by the federal government in the clean up of the degradation caused the land of Ogoni in Rivers state.
The President Muhammadu Buhari had, during the 2015 electioneering, had assured the people of Ogoni that the United Nations Environmental Protection (UNEP) report would be implemented when elected.
The UNEP report proposed steps to be taken for the total cleaning up and restoration of the environmental safety of Ogoni land that had suffered degradation from years of oil exploration.
But three years down the line, some environmental activists have condemned the dragging pace ..the process has taken.
In a press conference, the activists had wondered why up to the month of August, just less than a year to the expiration of the current administration, nothing tangible has been put in place as to suggest that the process is something to hold on to.
There have been censures by some environmental promoters over the slow pace taken by the federal government in the clean up of the degradation caused the land of Ogoni in Rivers state.
The President Muhammadu Buhari had, during the 2015 electioneering, had assured the people of Ogoni that the United Nations Environmental Protection (UNEP) report would be implemented when elected.
The UNEP report proposed steps to be taken for the total cleaning up and restoration of the environmental safety of Ogoni land that had suffered degradation from years of oil exploration.
But three years down the line, some environmental activists have condemned the dragging pace ..the process has taken.
In a press conference, the activists had wondered why up to the month of August, just less than a year to the expiration of the current administration, nothing tangible has been put in place as to suggest that the process is something to hold on to.
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