Ogoni Cleanup: HYPREP Claims Progress 15 Years After Damning UNEP Report
Fifteen years after the UN exposed catastrophic oil pollution in Ogoniland, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) asserts significant headway in its cleanup efforts. This long-awaited progress report comes amidst ongoing scrutiny of environmental justice in the Niger Delta. The agency’s coordinator highlights achievements following years of advocacy and international attention on the region’s ecological devastation.
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) Project Coordinator, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey, has said the agency recorded significant progress in implementing the recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) fifteen years after the release of the
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