Ogoni Youth Kick Against Alleged Plan To Build Prison And Cemetery In Ogoniland[left][/left]

The attention of the Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) has been brought to plan by the Federal Government of Nigeria to build a maximum security prison with cemetery in Ogoniland. We have it on good ground that this surreptitious move had been concluded by the Federal Ministry of Interior and will involve the seizure of over forty-one (41) hectares of land in Khana LGA-Ogoni.

It is unfortunate that while Ogoni communities are still battling with the hazards that the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) caused and the inability of the federal government to quickly remediate and restore the already over-polluted environment as recommended by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nigerian Government is planning to increase the woes of the Ogoni people.

We urge the Federal Government to site such project in the north east where killing and all sort of heinous crimes occur daily. What the Ogoni people need from the government now is the restoration of the contaminated land, genuine investment that would create job opportunities for Ogoni youths and building of Ogoni Centre of Excellence as recommended by UNEP and not the building of maximum security prison and cementary.

We call on friends of Ogoni, and the international community to prevail on Nigerian government to jettison the planned building of maximum prison and cementary. Ogoni Youths would vehemently resist it.

Enough of this hanky panky business!

Yamaabana Legborsi
President,
Ogoni Youth Federation
Write from Ogoniland
11th March, 2018.

Nigerian youth and reaction sef

Short sightedness of the highest order by ogoni youth