President Buhari Approves Actions To Fast- Track Environmental Clean-Up Of Ogoniland

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The actions approved by President
Buhari, based on recommendations to him
by the Executive Director of UNEP,
the UNEP Special Representative for
Ogoniland, Permanent Secretaries of the
Federal Ministries of Environment and
Petroleum Resources, and other
stakeholders, include the amendment of the
Official Gazette establishing the
Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration
Project (HYPREP) to reflect a new
governance framework comprising a
Governing Council, a Board of Trustees
and Project Management.


In keeping with his avowed commitment to
working for the development and well-being of
all Nigerians, President Muhammadu
Buhari Wednesdayin Abuja approved several
actions to fast-track the long delayed
implementation of the United Nations
Environmental Programme (UNEP) Report on
the environmental restoration of Ogoniland.

The actions approved by President Buhari,
based on recommendations to him by the
Executive Director of UNEP, the UNEP
Special Representative for Ogoniland,
Permanent Secretaries of the Federal
Ministries of Environment and Petroleum
Resources, and other stakeholders, include the
amendment of the Official Gazette establishing
the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project
(HYPREP) to reflect a new governance
framework comprising a Governing Council, a
Board of Trustees and Project Management.

The President further approved that the
HYPREP Governing Council should be
composed as follows:

Ministry of Petroleum Resources -
One Representative
Federal Ministry of Environment -
One Representative
Impacted States (Rivers) -
One Representative
Oil Companies & NNPC -
4 Representatives
Ogoniland -
2 Representatives
United Nations System                              -
One Representative
Secretariat -
Headed by Project Manager
He also approved the composition of a Board of

Trustees for the HYPREP Trust Fund as
follows:

Federal Government -
One Representative
NNPC -
One Representative
International Oil Companies -
One Representative
Ogoniland -
One Representative
United Nations System -
One Representative
Following a meeting held on the directive of
President Buhari, it was also agreed that a
contribution deposit of 10 million United States
dollars will be made by stakeholders within 30
days of the appointment of members of the
Board of Trustees for the  Trust Fund who
will be responsible for collecting and managing
funds from contributors and donors.

A new implementation template has also been
evolved at the instance of  President Buhari,
and the environmental clean-up of Ogoniland
will commence in earnest with the President's
inauguration of the HYPREP Governing
Council and the Board of Trustees for the Trust
Fund.

Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)

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