{"id":3829,"date":"2017-11-27T09:16:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T16:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2017-11-27T09:19:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T16:19:46","slug":"fg-not-serious-ogoniland-clean-rivers-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/fg-not-serious-ogoniland-clean-rivers-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Why FG is not serious about Ogoniland clean up – Rivers Gov"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the Federal Government is not serious about the clean-up of Ogoniland.<\/p>\n
Wike stated that the federal government has converted the Ogonilad clean up programme to a political project aimed at attaining political mileage.<\/p>\n
The Rivers State Governor made this known on Monday to\u00a0Senate Committee on Environment on Investigative visit to Ogoniland.<\/p>\n
In his words Governor Wike said \u201cthe people of Rivers State are tired of procrastination in relation to the execution of the clean up\u201d<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe Federal Government is not serious about the clean up of Ogoniland. We are tired of telling our people that the project will start next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet it not be a political project. Look at the North East, a commission was established and $1Billion released\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe devastation of Ogoniland has impoverished the people by destroying their farmlands and fishing waters\u201d.<\/p>\n
Futthermore, he regretted that as a state that produces the wealth of the nation, Rivers State has no single motorable Federal Road.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the soot, Governor Wike stated that it is a fallout of crude oil pollution, stressing that people are suffering the health hazards.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment, Senator Oluremi Tinubu said that the committee was on an oversight visit to ascertain the level of environmental degradation in Ogoniland.<\/p>\n
She said that the committee will draw attention to the environmental challenges facing the Ogoni people.<\/p>\n
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