The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril, on Monday disclosed some of the plans by the Federal Government for the Ogoni Land Clean Up revealing that the sum of $177million has been raised so far.
Jibril at a meeting
with the Deputy High Commissioner of the British Embassy in Abuja noted that
while $177million has been raised for the cleanup, about $23million is expected
from refineries before the end of October.
“The board of trustees
have opened an account and that account has been credited with the sum of
$177million.
“This is what is
supposed to be given by the oil majors and to pay for the cleaning and
restoration of this degraded areas.
“An initial bill of
$1billion was to be used over a period of five years. So, with the $177million
for this year 2018, the balance of $23million is expected to come from the
refineries.
“We have written to
inform the President, he has given directives that the Petroleum Ministry
should handle that issue. So, I believe before the end of the month, we should
raise the remittance of the balance of $23million that is supposed to make it
$200million for this year.”
The Deputy British High
Commissioner, Ms Laure Beaufils, in response assured of the British Governments
commitment in addressing climate-related changes in Nigeria.
- ChannelsTV
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