Some stakeholders in the Niger Delta have called on Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to implement necessary emergency measures as proposed by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) before the commencement of the Ogoni clean-up
The Executive Director of Kebedkache Women Development and Recourse Centre, Emem Okon made the call during a one-day media parley in partnership with Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development Aid (CORDAID) in Port Harcourt, last Wednesday.
Represented by the Media Assistant, Pius Dukor Okon opined that media advocacy on Ogoni clean-up would go a long way to sensitize the public and other policy makers in the region.
“It will address media misconception and incorrect information about projects that are geared towards the implementation of the clean-up exercise,’’ she said.
“’I think that the emergency measures should include provision of water for the people of Ogoni land, as the water they are drinking contains benzene over 1,000 times as stated in the UNEP report. Where will they dump the waste from the site since HYPREP has shifted the idea of building the integrated soil management centre’’, she added
Okon also urged HYPREP to train women and youth of the area in sundry activities in the clean-up exercise as contained in the UNEP report. She further advised that they should engage the youth in training that would shift their attention from activities that might re-pollute the land after the exercise.
Iragunima Benice
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