02/06/2017
Exactly a year ago, the clean up of Ogoni land in Rivers state was flagged off by the Federal Government of Nigeria, a project that is supposed to yield more benefits than one can imagine for the Ogoni people and perhaps spread to its surrounding environs.
The United Nations Environmental Program(UNEP) report gave a detailed description of the situation of Ogoni land as regards the level of pollution through oil spill and its impact on the people and their environment. This report equally stated the need for a clean up without delay. It was also stipulated that the clean up is to last for a period of not less than 24 years, one of the biggest, if not the biggest in history.
It was a good thing at the time that our Federal Government accepted to carry out the clean up and that brought some sort of relief to the people of Ogoni. Today is exactly a year after the clean up was flagged off but what tangible or substantial work has been done to show the Federal Government's commitment towards achieving this task?
Of a truth, this is a project that will take time but then, the journey of a thousand miles begins with with a step and as at today, I can say that the Federal Government has failed to take ideal and proper steps to actualize this proposed project because of insincerity on its part. The Federal Government was quick to flag off a clean up project without carrying out a scoping exercise, a baseline survey or having a good environmental management plan, a project manager, a legal framework and all other necessities. It is also on record that the Board of Trustees for the clean up was set up almost six months after the flag off; these show a high level of failure on the part of the Federal Government.
The slow response of the Federal Government in carrying out this clean up is so disheartening and to a large extent, shows a lack of sincerity as seems to be one characteristic of the present day Federal Government of Nigeria. One may not be entirely wrong in thinking that the people of Ogoni are being marginalized.
The government has to step up its game by carrying out the clean up processes as speedily as possible as this will improve the socio-economic status of the people of Ogoni and even its surrounding environs. There is so much oil in Ogoni land but very little to show for this abundant resource.
May God help us!

na dis sham project fools use in abusing jonathan.
Today now, fawul nyansh don open due to huricane tinubu.

It's funny how we're so gullible in this Niger Delta. All those ceremonial visit Buhari and he's brothers sent osibanjo to do is just to silence Avengers, make them believe they're about to turn Ogoni to Dubai is nonsense. The real deal is to continue to increase the pumping of our OIL to use and develop North development commission.

Let's just continue to wait until it's too late for us to ask for something that belongs to us.

It's like you no know say APC de power. Even after 2years in office dem still de make campaign processes.


Nothing, I repeat nothing is gonna be done in ogoniland until Buhari leaves office or die in power (whichever one comes first)

A = All
P = Promises
C = Cancelled.

Any Project that you see this APC government taking Photoshoot at the site should just be forgotten because the photo ops is tp burn it into your memory that they are serious on it so don't bother to ask questions.



Ogoni people are still suffering while their money is used for North East Development Commission

Any Project that you see this APC government taking Photoshoot at the site should just be forgotten because the photo ops is tp burn it into your memory that they are serious on it so don't bother to ask questions.



Ogoni people are still suffering while their money is used for North East Development Commission.

Non Igbo minorities in the south south should just support the ongoing biafra agitation just for the sake of the unborn generations.

They have been played as fools for so long in this contraption.

When a paltry 2 billion naira was earmarked for the project it was then I knew they weren't serious. Finally, we have been played and back to square one.

South-South what do you have to lose by joining the Igbos?

Hmmmmm

APC is fake.

reptile1:
When a paltry 2 billion naira was earmarked for the project it was then I knew they weren't serious. Finally, we have been played and back to square one.

It was just a political maneuver to insult Jonathan and squash Biafran agitation. Yet is was the same groups that refused to pass the PIB law that would have empowered oil producing communities and give them the financial resources to fix their land.

Kathmandu:
Any Project that you see this APC government taking Photoshoot at the site should just be forgotten because the photo ops is tp burn it into your memory that they are serious on it so don't bother to ask questions.



Ogoni people are still suffering while their money is used for North East Development Commission

That's the unfortunate situation.