In 2011, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report documenting the devastating impact of the oil industry in Ogoniland.
“After nine years of promises without proper action and decades of pollution, the people of Ogoniland are not only sick of dirty drinking water, oil-contaminated fish and toxic fumes. They are sick of waiting for justice, they are dying by the day. The Nigerian government should acknowledge this project has been a failure and reinvigorate HYPREP with technical skills and strategic thinking, fully involving the community.
11 of 16 companies contracted for the clean-up are reported to have no registered expertise in oil pollution remediation or related areas;
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