For the second time in two weeks, the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has visited Ogoniland on the planned kick start of the clean-up of oil polluted sites in the area.
The minister, in company of the Special Adviser on the Amnesty Programme for Niger Delta ex-militants, Brigadier General Paul Boroh, visited Goi and Bodo communities.
The National Coordinator of the Ogoni Solidarity Forum, Celestine Akpobari, who took the minister and her team round the oil impacted sites, said the inspection is a strong confirmation that President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Ogoni.
Akpobari also assured that the clean-up of Ogoniland by the Buhari-led Federal Government will accelerate the clean-up of Ogoniland.
However, the planned clean-up of Ogoniland has become a big subject of campaigning by politicians in the rerun legislative election in the Rivers South East Senatorial District.
The APC Rivers South East Senatorial candidate, Senator Magnus Abe, at a campaign in Tai Local Government Area rally advised Ogonis to shun who had worked against the implementation of the UNEP Report.
He also boasted that he initiated the process that led to the UNEP Report while serving as Secretary to the State Government under former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
Similarly, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a statement signed by Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, accused the PDP-led state government of sabotaging Ogoni clean-up.
But in a reaction, the PDP candidate for Rivers South East Senatorial District, Olaka Nwogu, said he and his party are in support of Ogoni clean-up.
Nwogu, however, said Ogoni must insist that the money for the clean-up is included in the budget.
Also reacting, a pro-Ogoni group, the Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates, has declared that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, actually set the stage for the UNEP Report and ensured a solid foundation for the commencement of the clean-up of Ogoniland.
The National Coordinator of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates, Gani Topba, said those condemning the Jonathan over the Ogoni clean-up are ignorant.
Topba also said he has concluded plan to bring former President Jonathan to Ogoniland for a grand reception in honour of his effort at ensuring the clean-up of Ogoniland.
For the second time in two weeks, the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has visited Ogoniland on the planned kick start of the clean-up of oil polluted sites in the area.
The minister, in company of the Special Adviser on the Amnesty Programme for Niger Delta ex-militants, Brigadier General Paul Boroh, visited Goi and Bodo communities.
The National Coordinator of the Ogoni Solidarity Forum, Celestine Akpobari, who took the minister and her team round the oil impacted sites, said the inspection is a strong confirmation that President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Ogoni.
Akpobari also assured that the clean-up of Ogoniland by the Buhari-led Federal Government will accelerate the clean-up of Ogoniland.
However, the planned clean-up of Ogoniland has become a big subject of campaigning by politicians in the rerun legislative election in the Rivers South East Senatorial District.
The APC Rivers South East Senatorial candidate, Senator Magnus Abe, at a campaign in Tai Local Government Area rally advised Ogonis to shun who had worked against the implementation of the UNEP Report.
He also boasted that he initiated the process that led to the UNEP Report while serving as Secretary to the State Government under former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
Similarly, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a statement signed by Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, accused the PDP-led state government of sabotaging Ogoni clean-up.
But in a reaction, the PDP candidate for Rivers South East Senatorial District, Olaka Nwogu, said he and his party are in support of Ogoni clean-up.
Nwogu, however, said Ogoni must insist that the money for the clean-up is included in the budget.
Also reacting, a pro-Ogoni group, the Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates, has declared that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, actually set the stage for the UNEP Report and ensured a solid foundation for the commencement of the clean-up of Ogoniland.
The National Coordinator of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates, Gani Topba, said those condemning the Jonathan over the Ogoni clean-up are ignorant.
Topba also said he has concluded plan to bring former President Jonathan to Ogoniland for a grand reception in honour of his effort at ensuring the clean-up of Ogoniland.
