Nigerian Senate to probe President Buhari over abandoned Ogoni clean-up project

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– The Nigerian Senate has expressed concern over the static nature of the Ogoni clean-up exercise

– Nothing about the exercise has been heard since it was launched with fan-fare last year

– The Senate committee on environment has been tasked with resolving the issue

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, June 6 mandated its committee on environment to investigate the implementation of the Ogoni clean-up exercise.

The federal government launched the project with so much fan-fare in June 2016 with initial cost of $1 billion.

Nothing about the exercise has been heard since after Acting President Yemi Osinbajo visited the area for the launch.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo launched the Ogoni clean-up project last year

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The senator representing the area, Magnus Abe, complained that there was nothing on ground to show that the exercise is a government priority for the federal government.

He urged the federal government to review the country environmental regeneration programmes.

On her part, Senator Oluremi Tinubu expressed worry that despite the launch of the project, work has not commenced in the area.

The Senate also tasked the committe headed by Tinubu to assess the progress of the Great Green Wall programme initiated to control desertification in the

country.

The resolutions followed a motion on “World Environment Day” sponsored by Tinubu who represents Lagos Central Senatorial District.

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ZENITHBLOG.com had reported that the National Youth Council of the Ogoni people accused President Buhari of playing politics with the Ogoni clean-up exercise.

In a statement by the president of the group, Dr Young Nkpah, he accused President Buhari of deceiving Ogoni people by announcing the clean-up only to score cheap political points.

“After a study of the approach, loud pronouncements and long delays adopted by the government on the globally celebrated implementation, the Ogoni people are not persuaded about the sincerity of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government whose earlier promises were designed to score cheap political points,” Nkpah said.

Watch the ZENITHBLOG.com TV report below of Osinbajo flagging off the Lagos-Ibadan railway project in Lagos.

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