A coalition of civil society organisation under the aegis of the Cordaid-led Strategic Partnership (SP) Lobby and Advocacy Program has expressed dissatisfaction on the progress made on the Ogoni Land clean-up, Nature News gathered.
While lamenting that government has not put in place needed interventions and the process of the clean-up has not been transparent, the coalition said, about $360m was committed for the clean-up since 2016.
Dr Oke who spoke at the close-out dissemination event on the SP’s achievements however stressed that need to get value for money while also advocating for sustainable funding of the project.
According to him, the Federal Government is yet to implement the provisions of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report on how the process should be effectively implemented.
He that since 2016, over $360m have been committed to the clean-up process.
He said that a scorecard conducted by one of its partners brought to the fore issues on how the contracts for the clean-up are being issued in the first place and the capacity of the contractors.