Chineme Okafor writes that beyond environmental restoration, through cleanup, Ogoni people are clamouring for socio-economic restoration
The United Nations Environmental Programme's (UNEP's) report on oil pollution in Ogoniland in 2011, had noted that Ogoniland has a tragic history of pollution from oil spills and oil well fires. The UNEP raised concerns over the devastating effects of oil spillage in the environment, caused majorly by sabotage and equipment failures in the area and recommended inter alia that the polluted environment be restored to its safe status, prior to the commencement of crude oil production in the area by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Limited.
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