MOSOP Pledges Support For HYPREP, Backs Ogoni Cleanup And Environmental Restoration.
Leaders of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) have resolved to partner with the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to ensure the successful implementation of the Ogoni cleanup exercise recommended by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The resolution followed an inspection tour of HYPREP’s signature projects across Ogoni communities in Rivers State.
The projects inspected included the Rope Access Training Centre at Elimgbu, Bodo Water Scheme, Bomu Mangrove Restoration Site, Specialist Hospital at Kpite and land remediation project at Ogale, among others.
Speaking with journalists after inspecting the Specialist Hospital at Kpite, one of the MOSOP leaders, Olu Anda Wai-Ogosu, expressed satisfaction with the progress recorded by HYPREP, particularly its efforts to restore the devastated Ogoni ecosystem. “We’ve seen some signature projects in the midst of all the projects that HYPREP has carried out. Most importantly, the efforts so far that we have seen is that HYPREP is trying to bring back some lost ecosystems,” he said. Ogosu noted that evidence of ecological recovery was already emerging, particularly along previously devastated coastlines where mangrove restoration activities were underway.
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