Ogoni Clean-Up: Lawmaker Slams FG Over Delay

A member of the House of Representatives, Chief Fred Agbedi, has expressed disappointment that months after the much publicised ground- breaking ceremony done by the Vice President on Ogoni clean-up programme, no machinery or personnel has been deployed to the site to commence the exercise.
Agbedi, who is representating Ekeremor/Sagbama Federal Constituency in Bayelsa State, told newsmen in Yenagoa, that the delay by the  Federal Government to commence work  on the clean-up exercise was deceitful and dangerous.
He said, “the Federal Government said it is embarking on a clean-up of Ogoni land, up till now, no equipment or personnel have been deployed for the job,” he said.
The lawmaker described the ground-breaking ceremony as a mere photo-trick aimed at  receiving Ogoni people.
He blamed the fiscal and economic policies of the Buhari administration for the hardship being faced by Nigerians, stressing that if drastic measures were not taken, it may turn the nation into crisis.
Agbedi said true federation and resource control remain an enduring solution to the socio-economic challenges being faced by the nation.
He said that the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Kayode Fayemi, will appear before the House to say one of his  challenges was that of  illegal miners and that the federal government is working out ways to organize those that can be encouraged into co-operatives.
“But when it comes to the Niger Delta region and our people refining our crude, they call it economic sabotage”