Nigeria: Ogonis Protest Non-Implementation of UNEP Report

8 November 2011

More than 2,000 Ogoni people in Rivers State yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt against the non-implementation of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report on the oil impacted sites in Ogoniland.

The UNEP had conducted an environmental assessment of the oil impacted sites in Ogoniland and submitted the report to the Federal Government on Aug. 4, 2011.

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