Following decades of crude oil exploration that have left Ogoniland and surrounding areas environmentally degraded, stakeholders including environmental advocates and civil society groups have urged the Federal Government to urgently address the ecological crisis in the Niger Delta, describing it as one of Africa’s most severe environmental disasters.
Speaking during a policy validation conference to review a policy brief on the clean-up of the Niger Delta and Ogoniland in Abuja, the Founding Executive Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), Dr. Otive Igbuzor urged the government to address the concerns of affected communities, and take urgent policy actions focused on restoring the region.
Dr. Otive stated that the federal government should accelerate the clean-up of Ogoni land as recommended by United Nation Environmental Programme ( 2011 UNEP ), addressed historical abuse and pollution in the wider Niger Delta as the people are facing environmental devastation, loss of livelihood and destruction of the ecosystem amongst others.
TRACK UP – Dr Otive Igbuzor , Founding Executive Director CENTRE LSD
TRCK UP – Monday Osasah, the Executive Director of the Centre.
Earlier, the Executive Director of the Centre, Mr. Monday Osasah, noted that the review of the policy brief demands for accountability, amplifies the voices of affected communities, and drives real policy shifts that prioritise the region’s rehabilitation.
Osasah lamented that over six decades the Niger Delta has been enduring the heavy burden of crude oil exploration and exploitation which generated revenue for Nigeria and its people, called on federal government to clean up Niger Delta as a matter of urgency to redeem the ecological disaster in the area as well as secure justice for the countless ogonis.
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Following decades of crude oil exploration that have left Ogoniland and surrounding areas environmentally degraded, stakeholders including environmental advocates and civil society groups have urged the Federal Government to urgently address the ecological crisis in the Niger Delta, describing it as one of Africa’s most severe environmental disasters.
Speaking during a policy validation conference to review a policy brief on the clean-up of the Niger Delta and Ogoniland in Abuja, the Founding Executive Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), Dr. Otive Igbuzor urged the government to address the concerns of affected communities, and take urgent policy actions focused on restoring the region.
Dr. Otive stated that the federal government should accelerate the clean-up of Ogoni land as recommended by United Nation Environmental Programme ( 2011 UNEP ), addressed historical abuse and pollution in the wider Niger Delta as the people are facing environmental devastation, loss of livelihood and destruction of the ecosystem amongst others.
TRACK UP – Dr Otive Igbuzor , Founding Executive Director CENTRE LSD
TRCK UP – Monday Osasah, the Executive Director of the Centre.
Earlier, the Executive Director of the Centre, Mr. Monday Osasah, noted that the review of the policy brief demands for accountability, amplifies the voices of affected communities, and drives real policy shifts that prioritise the region’s rehabilitation.
Osasah lamented that over six decades the Niger Delta has been enduring the heavy burden of crude oil exploration and exploitation which generated revenue for Nigeria and its people, called on federal government to clean up Niger Delta as a matter of urgency to redeem the ecological disaster in the area as well as secure justice for the countless ogonis.
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Following decades of crude oil exploration that have left Ogoniland and surrounding areas environmentally degraded, stakeholders including environmental advocates and civil society groups have urged the Federal Government to urgently address the ecological crisis in the Niger Delta, describing it as one of Africa’s most severe environmental disasters.
Speaking during a policy validation conference to review a policy brief on the clean-up of the Niger Delta and Ogoniland in Abuja, the Founding Executive Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), Dr. Otive Igbuzor urged the government to address the concerns of affected communities, and take urgent policy actions focused on restoring the region.
Dr. Otive stated that the federal government should accelerate the clean-up of Ogoni land as recommended by United Nation Environmental Programme ( 2011 UNEP ), addressed historical abuse and pollution in the wider Niger Delta as the people are facing environmental devastation, loss of livelihood and destruction of the ecosystem amongst others.
TRACK UP – Dr Otive Igbuzor , Founding Executive Director CENTRE LSD
TRCK UP – Monday Osasah, the Executive Director of the Centre.
Earlier, the Executive Director of the Centre, Mr. Monday Osasah, noted that the review of the policy brief demands for accountability, amplifies the voices of affected communities, and drives real policy shifts that prioritise the region’s rehabilitation.
Osasah lamented that over six decades the Niger Delta has been enduring the heavy burden of crude oil exploration and exploitation which generated revenue for Nigeria and its people, called on federal government to clean up Niger Delta as a matter of urgency to redeem the ecological disaster in the area as well as secure justice for the countless ogonis.
LEAVE A REPLY
Following decades of crude oil exploration that have left Ogoniland and surrounding areas environmentally degraded, stakeholders including environmental advocates and civil society groups have urged the Federal Government to urgently address the ecological crisis in the Niger Delta, describing it as one of Africa’s most severe environmental disasters.
Speaking during a policy validation conference to review a policy brief on the clean-up of the Niger Delta and Ogoniland in Abuja, the Founding Executive Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), Dr. Otive Igbuzor urged the government to address the concerns of affected communities, and take urgent policy actions focused on restoring the region.
Dr. Otive stated that the federal government should accelerate the clean-up of Ogoni land as recommended by United Nation Environmental Programme ( 2011 UNEP ), addressed historical abuse and pollution in the wider Niger Delta as the people are facing environmental devastation, loss of livelihood and destruction of the ecosystem amongst others.
TRACK UP – Dr Otive Igbuzor , Founding Executive Director CENTRE LSD
TRCK UP – Monday Osasah, the Executive Director of the Centre.
Earlier, the Executive Director of the Centre, Mr. Monday Osasah, noted that the review of the policy brief demands for accountability, amplifies the voices of affected communities, and drives real policy shifts that prioritise the region’s rehabilitation.
Osasah lamented that over six decades the Niger Delta has been enduring the heavy burden of crude oil exploration and exploitation which generated revenue for Nigeria and its people, called on federal government to clean up Niger Delta as a matter of urgency to redeem the ecological disaster in the area as well as secure justice for the countless ogonis.