BEVERLY HILLS, January 03, (THEWILL) – Traditional rulers in Ogoniland have promised to support the peaceful implementation of the Ogoni clean-up which is expected to commence this January.
This was contained in a statement by Fegalo Nsuke, Publicity Secretary, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), the apex cultural organisation for the Ogonis, revealing that the traditional rulers spoke during series of meeting with Ogoni members of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project – HYPREP governing council.
Nsuke added that the meeting was led by the President of MOSOP, Dr Legborsi Pyagbara.
He stated that Pyagbara assured the Ogoni people that the clean-up of Ogoniland would commence within few weeks beginning with the implementation of some emergency measures which include provision of water.
He also called for the cooperation of traditional rulers for peace to be sustained in Ogoniland during and after the exercise.
In their separate responses, the traditional rulers all pledged to support the exercise and called for transparency in the process.
They commended the initiative of the team to work with them and hoped that the employment generated through the clean-up implementation would help to mitigate the increasing restiveness in the area.
Nsuke quoted King Godwin Gininwa, the Gbenemene of Tai and Chairman, Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers, as pledging to support MOSOP to promote the interest of the Ogoni people.
THEWILL recalls that the board of HYPREP was inaugurated in August 2016, by President Muhammadu Buhari, to function as the policy making and top management organ for the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme report on Ogoniland.
Story by Oputah David
