The Senate on Tuesday initiated moves to probe the President Muhamadu Buhari’s Ogoni land cleanup as the legislature directed its committee on environment to investigate the implementation of the cleanup. The exercise was launched by President Muhamadu Buhari in 2016 with an estimated cost of $1 billion.

The decision of the Senate followed a motion moved by Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment to mark the World Environment Day. The senate directed its committee to also assess the progress of the Great Green Wall programme initiated to control desertification in the country. While moving the motion, Sen. Tinubu expressed dismay that despite the launch of the project, work has not commenced in the area.
Contributing, Sen. Magnus Abe corroborated that there was nothing on ground yet to show that the clean up was designed to actually cleanup the area. He said that farmlands were still polluted while rivers of oil spills still abound. Abe urged the Federal Government to review the country’s environmental regeneration programmes to take care of environmental issues in the country.
Ogoni land is located in Rivers State on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, east of the city of Port Harcourt. It extends across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Khana, Gokhana, Eleme and Tae.

In a 2011 assessment of over 200 locations in Ogoniland by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), it was found that impacts of the 50 years of oil production in the region extended deeper than previously thought.
Because of oil spills, oil flaring, and waste discharge, the alluvial soil of the Niger Delta is no longer viable for agriculture.

Furthermore, in many areas that seemed to be unaffected, groundwater was found to have high levels of hydrocarbons or were contaminated with benzene, a carcinogen, at 900 levels above WHO guidelines.

In the 2017 Democracy speech by Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, he said that the Ogoni Land clean up was an environmental priority of the government which was why it began last year.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/breaking-senate-orders-probe-buharis-1b-ogoni-land-cleanup/

So that money don waka?

OK

2019 campaign go sweet me die, let's hear them campaigning on what they did or didn't

Buhari and the 40 thieves

Sen. Tinubu expressed dismay that despite the launch of the project, work has not commenced in the area.

After all the Jamboree.

This country is truly AWADA KERI KERI.

The Ogoni cleanup was one among the biggest APC's propaganda/charade & as usual Zombies really mastubate themselves to stupor calling it achievement.2years down the line,the NASS is calling for probe.APC jazz nah helele.

Like say one better thing go come out from the probe

Buhari love Ogoni more than GEJ propaganda project.

It should b probe

And one of their cheif had the gut to call out Jonathan on that day

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this is just the begining. They aren't aware about buharis criminals life in the past they entrusted their future to him in the present

The scamming machine now operates from London.if u are serious go there and catch him

Buhari was so smart. He ordered his dumb over-sabi I-T-K VP to commission and supercede the project. So how fast can osibanjo be arrested for corruption, financial impropriety and embezzlement.

So Dem Neva start work since haaaaa apc

H

sarrki

Contributing, Sen. Magnus Abe corroborated that there was nothing on ground yet to show that the clean up was designed to actually cleanup the area. He said that farmlands were still polluted while rivers of oil spills still abound. Abe urged the Federal Government to review the country’s environmental regeneration programmes to take care of environmental issues in the country.

You see d hypocrisy of APC, particularly Magnus Abe? He used this phantom clean-up to campaign along with all the evil engaged just to win election. Now he's chooking mouth to say nothing is on ground. He didn't even have the liver or foresight to raise d issue first, he had to wait for a woman and then he stands behind her to 'contribute' as per response to the responsorial psalm.

All these yeye politicians particularly in the South that think their loyalty should lie first to their political parties before their own people...They will lie and say stupid things just to appear relevant and loyal. Look at Osinbajo, then Ngige and OUK that claimed he saw Bubu and even gave date of his return to be 11th June. The sane people he was trying to please kukuma denied hus ever coming to see the vegetable so what was the aim?

This country is messed up

my question is was the money appropriated? was it released for he job of yes then we can carry out jungle justice on them.

vayne:
So that money don waka?

no money don waka,
The money is with the ministry.

loomer:
Like say one better thing go come out from the probe

probe keep,
Are they looking for the return of the money or work done?
The money is in TSA,
The budgeted fund will be carryover to this year,
So nobody is probing anybody

Jesusloveyou:
no money don waka,
The money is with the ministry.

And you saw the money with the ministry?

Paperwhite:
The Ogoni cleanup was one among the biggest APC's propaganda/charade & as usual Zombies really mastubate themselves to stupor calling it achievement.2years down the line,the NASS is calling for probe.APC jazz nah helele.

Hahahahahahaha.

Anti-corruption fight indeed

Corruption fighting Corruption.. A Funny country.

Just when you think you have seen it all, so na so them want take abandon this one too? After using it to gain public scores. It is well

It's funny how we think buhari love us, Buhari doesn't like us, the earlier we know that the better