Mrs. Ibokun
Odusote
HYPREP Officials
Mrs. Ibokun
Odusote
HYPREP Officials Hold Meeting with Ogoni Land
Representatives
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) for the
first time organized a two-day workshop for Ogoni Elected
Representatives tagged ‘Ogoni Clean-up: Implementing the UNEP
Report’.
Speaking at the occasion, the Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Dr.
Marvin Barinem Dekil said the Federal Government has designed
policies and procedures to incorporate stakeholder consultations
into the programmes and activities of the Project.
He informed the lawmakers that HYPREP is adopting a consultation
process which is transparent and inclusive. He added that
stakeholders’ engagements were not just organized for its face
value, but was considered as a core component of the Project
whereby opinions of stakeholders form inputs in the implementation
process of the Project. He stressed that greater transparency and
involvement of stakeholders enhances trust, project acceptance, and
local ownership, which are key to project sustainability and
development outcomes.
Dekil said as a people’s Project, HYPREP needed the full support
of the representatives of the people. He expressed appreciation to
the distinguished members for creating time to attend the workshop
and their commitment to the people whom they represent.
He assured that HYPREP will continue to engage and work with the
lawmakers towards the successful implementation of the Clean-up
Project and full realization of the HYPREP mandate in
Ogoniland.
The workshop was a Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum organized by
HYPREP to engage the policy makers for informed decision-making and
good governance as well as capture their views and perceptions as
inputs to improved project design and implementation.
The workshop which attracted the Senatorial District
Representative, House of Assembly Members and Local Government
Chairmen from the four Local Government Areas of Ogoni featured
presentations from different Units of the Project on updates on the
Activities of HYPREP, Understanding Remediation, Key Performance
Indicators for Effective Project Monitoring and Evaluation: the
Place of Oversight, Litigation as Obstruction to the Clean-up
Process, Identifying and Dealing with Security Threats in the
Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project and Effective
Communication and Community Participation.
Speaking on behalf of the elected members, Hon. Barieenee Deeyah
expressed appreciation to the Project Coordinator and Management of
HYPREP for the level of work so far carried out by HYPREP, but
however said that the joy of the lawmakers will be full when HYPREP
has fulfilled its mandate and remediated the identified polluted
sites in Ogoniland.
As part of activities for the workshop, the elected members were
scheduled to visit some of the sites currently being remediated
across the four Local Government Areas of Tai, Eleme, Khana and
Gokana.
Saghir el Mohammed
Director Press
Federal Ministry of Environment