Leadership
13 August 2011
... Mixed reactions seem to be trailing the report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on oil spills in Ogoni land of Rivers
LEADERSHIP WEEKEND observed that the people of the area, made up of four local government areas, namely: Eleme, Khana, Gokana and Tai are divided in their feelings about the report that stated that the clean-up of their environment would take up to 30 years.
It was further observed that their reactions to the reports were no different from the reactions of the two factions of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) immediately UNEP presented the report to President Jonathan.
An Ogoni youth activist, Comrade Lekia Bariledum Christian, who spoke to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND at Bori, the traditional headquarters of Ogoniland, expressed happiness that the UNEP report came out at last, stressing that it justified the struggle for justice by the people of Ogoni.
He said; “As a person, I am happy because for once the truth has been told. The UNEP report on the level of clean up that needs to take place in Ogoni is certainly going to be the longest clean up in human history. It justifies the struggle for justice for Ogoni people.
“It justifies what Ken Saro-Wiwa suffered and died for. When he was complaining of environmental degradation and all that the land and its people had suffered in the hands of oil multi-nationals, nothing was done.”
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