Nigeria: How Ogoni Clean-Up Can Work - SPDC

23 September 2015

Lagos — Moves to clean up Ogoniland would not achieve desired result unless there are concerted efforts to stop crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the area, External Relations Manager of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Igo Weli, has said.

The Federal Government had nine years ago requested the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the environmental and public health impacts of oil contamination in Ogoniland, Rivers State, together with options for remediation.

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