The umbrella organization of the Ogoni people, The Movement
for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) wishes to express its pleasure
over the renewed commitment of the federal government to speedily commence the
implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on
Ogoniland.
MOSOP is particularly delighted at the new spirit of
cooperation and commitment to results shown by the Honorable Minister for
Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed during her visit to Ogoniland.
We also wish to convey to the Federal Government the
unreserved pledge of the Ogoni people to cooperate with all stakeholders and
relevant agencies that will be involved in the project implementation.
We note that the delay in the implementation of the UNEP
report has had some damaging consequences on the health of our people including
an increased mortality rate resulting from organ failures. We believe that
these negative experiences could have been averted had the government given the
desired attention to the report when it was released in August 2011.
We will be counting on the assurance given by the Honorable
Minister for Environment that the implementation of the report will be launched
by the present government within weeks.
Once again, we pledge our support and cooperation to the
process and will expect all parties including the multinational oil companies
to demonstrate similar dedication to and work towards the success of the
programme.
Signed:
Fegalo Nsuke
Publicity Secretary
MOSOP
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