Nigeria: NNPC Joint Venture to Pay for Clean-Up of Ogoniland

20 February 2013

Lagos — Federal Government would begin the clean-up of oil spills in Ogoniland as soon as President Goodluck Jonathan signs the 2013 budget.

A senior official in the Petroleum Ministry told our correspondent that the development was part of government's efforts to ensure pollution free environment in line with the United Nations Environment Programme.

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