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The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has revealed that it has initiated implicit 120 projects with galore of them completed for the Ogoni people.
The task coordinator of the HYPREP, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, who made this declaration, during the organisation’s quality astatine the nationalist proceeding league convened by the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee connected the mismanagement of lipid Spill clean-up funds successful the Niger Delta, besides assured the National Assembly that the Ogoni Cleanup Programme is successful bully hands, transparent and operates successful enactment with champion practices.
Addressing the Hon Okpolump Etteh-led committee, Zabbey maintained that funds for HYPREP person been judiciously utilized for the execution of the cleanup programme successful enactment with the recommendations of the UN Environment Programme Report connected Ogoni Environment.
“Over 120 Projects HYPREP is presently executing including others that person been completed similar the Simple-risk onshore remediation sites and immoderate Phase 1 h2o Projects. We are carrying retired the Provision of potable h2o to 40 Ogoni Communities, Constructions of the 100-bed Ogoni Specialist Hospital and 40-Buan Cottage Hospital, Centre of Excellence for Environmental Restoration (CEER), the Ogoni Power Project, Mangrove Restoration, onshore and shoreline remediation Projects, alternate livelihood programme, capableness improvement and peacebuilding”, helium said.
While requesting the Committee to travel to Igoni onshore for an connected the spot appraisal of the projects, the prof maintained that HYPREP’s operations are transparent and successful afloat compliance with the Procurement Act 2007 and different extant regulations.
Earlier, Hon Emma Deeyah, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ogoni Trust Fund (OTF), noted that the Ogoni Cleanup has recorded important milestones with the fiscal committedness of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (RAEC) and the Joint Venture Partners, assuring that the Ogoni Trust Fund volition beryllium cooperating with the Committee connected its investigation. He requested the National Assembly to propulsion for the institutionalisation of HYPREP arsenic an bureau of government.
In his remarks. the president of the Committee Hon. Okpolump Etteh said, the committee seeks to analyse however the funds released to HYPREP and different agencies for the cleanup of the Niger Delta and different related matters person been utilized successful enactment with champion standards, transparency, accountability and successful the wide involvement of the people. The nationalist proceeding continues for different agencies.
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