The Council of Ogoni Professionals has condemned the Federal Government’s approach to the implementation of the Ogoniland pollution project report by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In a press statement released July 23, the Ogonis says government is insincere about Ogoniland cleanup.
After a careful analysis of the Friday June 20, 2012 News Conference conducted by the Nigerian Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke on the Hydro-Carbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP), the Council of Ogoni Professionals, (COP International, USA) wishes to respond as follows: