Its not often that 275 pages of bald facts and figures, measurements and dry data changes anything. The spdc jv funded the report and provided data as requested. Fresh opportunity to make progress by ifeanyi izeze when the movement for the survival of ogoni people mosop in its statement on the federal governments recently proposed and announced fasttrack actions for the implementation of the unep report on the cleanup of ogoniland warned that it is important that we ogoni. The following section describes in detail ogonilands environmental setting and oil industry operations. April 2018 recent developments to implement unep report recommendations.
Nnpc and the oil companies have agreed on a sharing ratio which i have approved as follows. Spdc welcomes unep report and responds to recommendations. Unep environmental assessment of ogoniland 2 in ogoniland. This report represents the best available understand. The spdc jv is committed to the implementation of the unep report and welcomes the federal government of nigerias fgn efforts to progress its implementation, including the creation of governing council gc and board of trustees bot of the ogoni restoration fund orf in aug 2016 to oversee. View the fact sheets download general fact sheets explaining the science recommended new institutions in nigeria geology of ogoniland download. Over 4,000 samples collected for analysis from more than 200 sites media resources press release en press release fr executive summary download. Emerging issues in our global environment 1,3 view u in ogoniland newsletter united nations environment. Traditionally, ogoniland was divided into the six kingdoms. As the federal government and other stakeholders start serious work on the cleanup of ogoniland, a professor of environmental studies has disclosed that the united nations environmental programme report represents the true environmental situation in ogoniland. Air pollution from cook stoves united nations environment programme, engr. Ogoniland has a population of close to 832,000 according to the 2006 national census.
Pdf the environmental degradation brought about by petroleum exploration in the niger delta region of nigeria is a. Pdf this study report covers the assessment of contaminated land. Once again, i am not writing as a foreigner or as an infant, but as an unapologetic biafran from ogoni, who chose to fight for justice and the freedom of my. On 4 august 2011, united nations environment program unep submitted an unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report ear on ogoniland to the nigerian government. Environmental assessment of ogoniland, a study of oil pollution in the.
The third anniversary of the unep report on environmental damage in ogoni has brought an acknowledgement that the hyprep intervention has been a comprehensive failure. Over 4,000 samples collected for analysis from more than 200 sites media resources press release en press release fr executive summary download images site fact sheets. Unep ogoniland oil assessment reveals extent of environmental contamination and threats to human. After several years of bloody agitation against multinational oil companies, particularly shell, over pollution of ogoniland, the nigerian government in. On thursday june 2nd, 2016, vice president yemi osinbajo officially flagged off. The study shows extensive oil contamination of rivers, creeks, and ground waters in ogoniland, nigeria. Technical recommendations for environmental restoration. Group urges nigeria, shell to implement unep report on. The reception of unep report, and biafra by godswill leeleebari gabriel for family writers press. The unep report was very clear that this was not the case. The shell petroleum development company of nigeria ltd spdc welcomes the united nations environment programme unep report environmental. Based on the pedigree of the united nations environment programme unep as a credible international organization with proven track records of coordinating challenging environmental assessments and providing scientific and empirical evidence for policymaking and implementation, the nigerian government invited it to carry out an environmental assessment. The spdc jv is committed to the implementation of the unep report and welcomes the federal government of nigerias fgn efforts to progress its implementation, including the creation of governing council gc and board of trustees bot of the ogoni restoration fund orf in aug 2016 to oversee and fund the cleanup.
The oil spill devastation in ogoniland and the effects on. This report makes a valuable contribution towards improving understanding of the issue of oil spills and the environment in ogoniland and we pledge to work with the government, unep and. The oil company shell and the nigerian government have both failed to implement rec ommendations made in the unep report and. Ogoni will reject unep assessment report sahara reporters.
This study exposed an appalling level of pollution, including the contamination of agricultural land and fisheries upon which people depend for liveli. Fg begins medical outreach towards implementing unep. United nations environment programme this fact sheet is part of a series prepared as part of the environmental assessment of ogoniland by the united nations environment programme unep. Gentlemen and ladies of the press i want to thank you for your sustained reports on the ogoni drama which has inspired nigerians and the international community to demand that the nigerian government go beyond words in the cleanup exercise in ogoniland. In 2011 the united nations environment programme unep published a groundbreaking scientific study on the impacts of oil pollution in the ogoniland region of the niger delta. The intention was that uneps recommendations would be implemented to restore the. Unep has acquired an international reputation for assembling expert teams, coordinating demanding assessments and bringing scienti. It provides the observations and results from one of the individual sites studied in detail, plus the specific risk reduction measures for followup action.
And the unep report is not just about ogoni, there are issues in the report that deals with the way we handle spillages, that deal with the way we manage environmental hazards of oil exploration. Commendations have continued to trail the decision of the federal government to fast track implementation of the report of the united nations environment program, unep on ogoni communities in. The levels found in the more contaminated sites are high enough to cause severe impacts on the ecosystem and human health. Dekil told traditional rulers in the area that the project would soon provide potable water to hydrocarbon impacted communities as recommended by united nations environment report on ogoni. This is part of the activities to implement the united nations environment protection report unep. The territory is located in rivers state on the coast of the gulf of guinea, east of the city of port harcourt. Prof akpofure rimrukeh, federal university of petroleum resources, effurun, delta state, nigeria. Unep members gather data for the environmental assessment in ogoniland. Ogoni congress resolutions on unep report sahara reporters. Ogoni will reject unep assessment report ogonis will reject any aspect of the united nations environmental program unep report, which may conclude that the nationality is responsible for more. The president consequently vowed to clean up the land by implementing the united nations environmental programme, uneps recommendations to save the land. On 4 august 2011 the united nations environment programme unep published its.
It extends across the local government areas lgas of khana, gokana, eleme and tai. Amnesty internationals concerns regarding shells response to the united nations environment programme report, environmental assessment of ogoniland 14 february 2012 on 4 august 2011 the united nations environment programme unep published a report on the impact of oil pollution in the ogoniland region of the niger delta. Background to environmental degradation in ogoniland ogoniland is characterized by typically deltaic features. The report provides baseline information on the scale of the challenge for ogoniland and priorities for action in terms of cleanup and remediation of most immediate concern, community members at nisisioken ogale are drinking. Pdf environmental assessment of ogoniland researchgate.
Background to environmental degradation in ogoniland unep. The following section describes in detail ogoniland s environmental setting and oil industry operations. By taking actions aimed at fasttracking the implementation of the united nations environment programme unep report on ogoniland, president muhammadu buhari, the other day, demonstrated, in no. Review of unep report on the environmental assessment of ogoniland.
On 4 august 2011 the united nations environment programme unep published its environmental assessment of ogoniland, a study of oil pollution in the ogoniland region of rivers state in the eastern niger delta. He explained that companies have submitted bids for the water project and cleanup exercise and assured that the best companies would be hired for the jobs. On the contrary, the report exposed serious and systemic problems with shells cleanup processes in nigeria. Nyokhana is on the east while kenkhana is on the west.
The unep report on ogoniland nigeria and world news. Unep today presented its report to the president of. This was the outcome of a 14month intensive evaluation of the extent of pollution. Addressing environmental health problems in ogoniland. At the request of the federal republic of nigeria, unep has conducted an independent assessment of the environment and public health impacts of oil contamination in ogoniland, in the niger delta, and options for remediation.
In 2006 the federal government of nigeria commissioned the united nations environment programme unep to carry out an environmental assessment of ogoniland as part of a wider ogoni reconciliation process. This report represents the best available understanding as to what has happened to the environment of ogoniland and the corresponding implications for affected populations over many years of oil industry operations. Environmental assessment of ogoniland iucn library system. Ogoniland is situated in the niger delta region, the third largest mangrove ecosystem in the world. The unep environmental assessment of ogoniland shell. Unep delivered its final report to the federal government in august 2011. Unep report represents the reality in ogoniland prof rim. The unep environmental assessment of ogoniland shell nigeria.
The report was commissioned by the federal government as part of a wider ogoni reconciliation process, which the shell petroleum. The federal government has commenced the second phase of its free medical outreach in 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. Ogoniland, a region where oil production has been on hold for over 18 years now. Environmental assessment of ogoniland nigeria reliefweb.
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