Shell Petroleum Development Company said it would take the collaboration of all the stakeholders mentioned in the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP report on Ogoniland to effectively implement it. A press statement issued yesterday by Shell’s Media Relations Manager, Mr. Precious. Okolobo, said, “The majority of UNEP’s recommendations require multi-stakeholder efforts coordinated by the Federal Government. “However, it is important to emphasise that neither SPDC nor any other stakeholder is in a position to implement the entirety of UNEP’s recommendations unilaterally.
“Treating the problem of environmental contamination within Ogoniland merely as a technical clean-up exercise would ultimately lead to failure. “Ensuring long-term sustainability is a much bigger challenge – one that will require coordinated and collaborative action from all stakeholders. “SPDC has an activity programme in place, focused on delivering improvements in the environmental and community health situation on the ground. We continue to work with the government, communities and a number of constructive NGOs and civil society groups in the Niger Delta to accelerate progress.”
The UNEP report released in 2011 called for the creation of an Ogoniland Restoration Agency and the creation of an Environmental Restoration fund for Ogoniland calling on Shell and other operators in the area to take steps to clean up the environment and decommission non-operational facilities.
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