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The impacts of the remediation effort have produced remarkable employment and livelihood opportunities among Ogoni youths. So far,a total of 1,337 persons have been trained, employed, and earned income to support their livelihood, thereby enhancing local economy.
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Alternative livelihood development for Ogoni Youths, Women and able Men as well as physically challenged is also a key activity recommended in the @UNEP report. #OgoniCleanUp
Both artisanal refiners and other youths are entitled to be given the opportunity to develop and expand their existing skills or acquire new skill sets to build their capacity and empowerment.  
 #OgonicleanUp
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MINISTERIAL PRESS BRIEFING ON THE ENVIRONMENT SECTOR AND PRIORITY AREAS OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BY THE HON. MINISTER OF STATE @sharon_ikeazor AT THE NAF CONFERENCE CENTRE ABUJA ImageImage
Protocols.
I warmly welcome you all to the Ministry of @FMEnvng Media Briefing on the environment sector, our ministerial mandates performances, and to update you on our priority areas of focus for the Ministry in 2022.
The vision statement of the Ministry of Environment is: “To be a nation that develops in harmony with her environment.”
And our mission is: “To ensure environmental protection, natural resources conservation, and sustainable development” Image
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"I'd want to dedicate this to @NGRPresident @MBuhari & the Ogoni people. It takes a listening President to attend to the yearnings of a community whose land has been polluted.

"Further dedication to @HMEnvng @DrMuhdMahmood who has provided the leadership that made this possible.
"To all the previous @HMEnvng who initiated this, @AminaJMohammed, @iujibril and @WazirinJ. These are the people who all at different times made what we have today possible.

"I want to thank you for recognising what we're doing. #OgoniCleanup is the beginning of the @NDCleanUp.
"The President has kept to his words, and we're working very hard to ensure that farmers to back to their occupation, fishermen go back to their fishing occupation, and that we also develop and build capacity in the youths to handle pollution...
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Just like 2nd Niger Bridge — Ogoni Cleanup. Languished for years, undone. Until 2016, when PMB flagged it off.

Last week, another batch of 36 sites were handed over by @HYPREPNigeria to contractors, for remediation. 1st batch of 21 handed over in 2019.

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Here’s my thread from 2019 outlining the course of the #ogonicleanup, from 2016 when @NigeriaGov flagged off the project (by @AminaJMohammed as Minister of Environment), to 2019 when the first sites were handed over for remediation:
@HYPREPNigeria @FMEnvng
An #ogonicleanup Testimonial, from one of the remediation site workers.

The cleanup is brought to you by the @MBuhari Administration. Project managed/overseen by @HYPREPNigeria.
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Here’s what the @MBuhari Administration is doing in the Niger Delta:

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#NDNewVision
#OgoniCleanup commenced in January 2019, with 16 contractors moving to 21 sites across 4 Local Government Areas in Ogoniland, namely: Eleme, Tai, Khana and Gokana LGAs; following a handover by @HYPREPNigeria.
#NDNewVision #NigerDeltaCleanUp
The @NigeriaGov Maritime University in Delta State has since taken off (2018) and is now on full steam with over 1,000 students spread across 13 undergraduate courses in three faculties. #NDNewVision
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

NEWS RELEASE

HOW BUHARI ADMINISTRATION IS CHANGING NIGER DELTA, BY PRESIDENCY

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Since the #OgoniCleanup commenced in January 2019, with 16 contractors moving to site, a total of 21 sites has so far been handed over to contractors by Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (@HYPREPNigeria) under the Federal Ministry of Environment @FMEnvng
This is besides the commencement of the Maritime University in Delta State now on full steam with over 1,000 students spread across 13 undergraduate courses in three faculties; ...
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PRESS RELEASE
OGONILAND CLEANUP: FG COMMITTED TO FULL REMEDIATION @mahmoodmuhd1
#OgoniCleanUp
The Federal Government has expressed its full commitment to a comprehensive remediation of the polluted areas of Ogoniland and the restoration of livelihood to the affected communities, in line with the @UNEnvironment Report on Ogoniland. #OgoniCleanUp
Minister of @FMEnvng @mahmoodmuhd1 reiterated this at the weekend while on a tour of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project ( @HYPREP ) facilities and some remediation sites across Ogoniland, Rivers State. #OgoniCleanUp
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