He explained that they were still pressing to increase the budgetary provision to $200 million to enable the project to begin, adding that the amount was part of this year’s contributions by Shell.
The UNEP had in its 2011 report presented to the Federal Government, recommended that at least $1 billion would be required in the first five years, which is expected to be completed in three decades.
Abe, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) disclosed that there were also plans to expand power projects at Andoni and Oyigbo local council areas of his senatorial district.
On the completion of the East-West road project, he explained that he was also working with the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to increase the budgetary provision for the project, which was started by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The senator lamented that the contractor handling the project had complained that the fund was not enough for them to go back to site.He stressed that the contractor promised to add its funds to complete the project if they were given a minimum amount.
On Bodo-Bony road project, he said there were chances of its speedy completion because the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) had promised to fund it.Meanwhile, an environmental rights group, the Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company to obey the Supreme Court ruling on the rightful owners of the land hosting the Obama flow station.
The Coordinator of the group in Bayelsa, Mr. Alagoa Morris, who made the request in a statement, lamented that10 years after the ruling, the oil firm was yet to obey the judgment.
However, Agip’s District General Manager, Fabrizio Trilli, had in a letter in 2008 to the state governor allegedly admitted that the land belongs to the Egebekiri family.
“Our dilemma, however, is that the subject matter of these court actions is opposite our Obama flow station in Nembe Local Council. At the time of acquisition, the Ikoni family presented themselves as the family of occupation and the company dealt with them and paid them the agreed compensation.”
Guardian
Another round of stealing
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ReplyDeleteThis people and their never-ending developments keep complicating my thesis.
Be assured that there are mouths, mansions, burial grounds waiting to swallow up that money.
Magnus Abe, magnus kpakol, Barry mphigi and their cohorts will just share d money, hahaha, clean up indeed.
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DeleteBut what is magnus own with ogoni cleanup na? Who made him the voice of Ogoni People? Face your territory abeg. Face your work magnus. Face your office-ROAD MAINTENANCE. Greedy/power hungry folks everywhere. You are looking to share money abi. Have you not chopped enough? You are also facing nddc now puting in quack proposals and using force to get them approved just to cash out the funds o! Since you and Lee maeba has been in the Senate what benefits have the ogonis recieved from your office? Is the ogoni cleanup the only change and improvement ogoni needs? Deal with your OWN PORTFOLIO and see how you can bring about the change that will be visibly noticed by the people of your district. Instead you are abandoning your own post dey chuke eye for area way no concern you. Blackberry no mind dem! I am tired of the injustice and greed in this country. When will we all wake up! When will we give up our today for our children'tomorrow? WHEN!
These leaders brew hate in the hearts of the youths, who in turn kill themselves! After the so called leaders will be shaking hand and smiling o! It is just now some peace is returning to ogoni soil o stella. The blood that was spilled of the youths, by the youths months ago eh? Yet this man is talking about ogoni cleanup because he has seen 190 million dollars! WHY DIDN'T YOU SPEAK UP to the media WHEN THE BLOOD BATH WASTREET IN FULL FORCE?!
Another way for embezzlement!
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ReplyDeleteAll this shout of money voted for Ogoni cleanup has been on since 2015 but they end up not carrying out the assual cleaning......WTF.......wicked deceitful government......
ReplyDeleteSo after APC playing to the gallery about ogoni clean up... That are still looking for money to clean up ogoni Land? Oya where are the people that said buhari is doing what GEJ didn't do? Dem dey do una antenna
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