The Nigerian Senate has disagreed
with Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike over his comment that the Federal
Government was not serious with the Clean up of Ogoni land.
While receiving members of the
Senate Committee on Environment , Wike had noted that the “Ogoni clean up
programme remains a project aimed at attaining political mileage.”
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Environment, Senator Oluremi Tinubu said Governor Wike’s comments
should not be taken seriously.
Senator Tinubu reacted when he
led members of the Senate Committee on Environment on a visit to some oil
impacted sites in Ogoni Land for an over sight function.
She said the governor should
support the funding of the project rather than complaining, stressing that
those affected are from Rivers state.
According to her, “He (Wike) can
not even fund the project. So the earlier he works with the Federal Government
the better for both parties.
“The process is very slow and
that is why the Governor is expecting more seriousness. He did not mean it that
way to be rude.”
Tinubu however expressed optimism
that the clean up will go far especially with recent pronouncements made by
President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2018 Budgets presentation.
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