Mohammed Abdullahi, minister of environment, says the federal executive council has approved N95,908,284,450.91 for the remediation...
Vivian ChimeMohammed Abdullahi, minister of environment, says the federal executive council has approved the sum of N95,908,284,450.91 for the remediation of simple hydrocarbon-impacted sites in Ogoniland.He said the project will be carried out by 35 contractors and is to be completed within 24 months.Advertisement
“The first memo is on the remediation of simple hydro-carbon impacted sites in Ogoniland to be carried out by 35 different contractors, with a completion period of 24 months. The cumulative value of the contract is N95,908,284,450.91.“The second memo also touches on the livelihood of the Ogoni people, and is the construction of 132KV 16 kilometres of transmission lines and 260MVA power substations in the phase one of the Ogoni power project, approved for N27,585,539,410.
“On the agitation by MOSOP that accuses HYPREP of slow implementation projects, the federal government is as concerned as MOSOP in terms of the seeming slow pace of the project execution,” he said.
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