FG to begin Ogoni clean up June 2

Hamilton Nwosa
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The Federal government will on June 2 launch the kick-off of Ogoni clean-up programme as contained in the United Nations Environment Programme Report (UNEP).

The Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Muhammed, said this on Thursday in Port Harcourt during a visit to Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State.

Mrs Muhammed who was represented by Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman, said the visit was to seek the collaboration of all stakeholders in the exercise.

She said: “The programme is expected to be launched on June 2. It has been designed to be driven by all stakeholders in the region. The essence of this is to ensure that the people of Ogoni and the region at large benefitted from the process.”

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