23 JUL

FG announce formation of project to investigate Ogoni oil spill

The Federal Government has announced the formation of a Hydro-Carbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) to look into the Ogoni land degradation from oil spills.

Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke at a news conference in Abuja said the project shall implement the recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme report on Ogoni land as well as investigate, evaluate and establish other hydrocarbon impacted sites.

She assures that With the establishment of this project, all the impacted communities, will cooperate fully with Government and grant unfettered access to all impacted sites to ensure complete success.

She urges community leaders to ensure the effective implementation of the programme.

Source: http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/07/20/fg-announce-formation-of-project-to-look-into-ogoni-oil-spill/ (CHANNELSTV)

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HURAC is a club instituted by the Movement For the Survival of the Ogoni People, which is open to all secondary schools within and outside Ogoni and also to all intending members. It`s currently operating in Riv-Poly secondary school, its division HQTRS, and also in CSS Bori, ACGS Bori, BMGS Bori and some Portharcourt schools. It has Kate, Wisdom Deebeke as its pioneer Senior Chief Co-ordinator. It was inaugurated in Riv-Poly by the INTELLECTUAL ELITE BATCH, with Tuaka Jeremiah as the appointed Chairman as at then. It aims at educating members and the public on their fundamental human rights, human rights advocacy, human rights abuses and campaign, etc. To learn more about HURAC, please go to http://huraclub.org/.