The DG said about $380 million have been provided by the oil industry operators and less than $50 million has been spent.
The lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 has caused a delay in the ongoing remediation project in Ogoniland, the Director General,Mr Musa, who disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday, added that land tussle in some communities was another reason for the delay.
“And the protocol of the COVID-19 will not allow such a thing. Even all over the world construction workers were asked to stay home. “If contracts have been given to contracts, so what is the politics. Two things are just responsible, COVID-19 lockdown on one hand and there were a few sites where there were delays in commencement because of community tussle.
The D-G said there was a misconception as to how long the Ogoniland clean-up would take, adding that the clean up was for a five year period according to the United Nations Environmental Programme Report .
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