N-Delta militancy fuelled by non-clean up of Ogoniland —Buhari
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ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari,
yesterday, in Nairobi, Kenya, said that non-clean up of oil spillages in
the Niger Delta especially in Ogoniland, was responsible for the
militancy the region witnessed in times past.
The president consequently vowed to clean up the land by implementing
the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP’s recommendations to
save the land.
President Buhari made the promise during a visit to the United Nations Office in the Kenyan capital. Ogoni land and President Buhari
He also appealed for more support from the United Nations in the clean up of the region.
He said: “When I came into office on May 29, 2015, one of the first
tasks I carried out was to authorise the implementation of the
recommendations of the UNEP report for the clean-up of Ogoniland.
“The devastation caused by oil spillage has destroyed many lives and
livelihoods and is clearly one of the reasons many people in that region
lost faith in government and resorted to the many criminal activities
we are seeing in the region today.
“The action our government took to implement UNEP’s recommendations
has given the indigenes of the region hope that there are better days
ahead. Let me, therefore, express appreciation on behalf of the
Government of Nigeria to UNEP and other development partners for their
cooperation and support on this very delicate matter and also request
for their continued support as we implement the recommendations and
transform the fortunes of the region.”
President Buhari also applauded the outcome of the 21st session of
the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, held in Paris, France, in
December last year.
He called for rapid urbanization as the world population increases.
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