A bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Environment Technology in oil-rich Ogoniland in Rivers State passed second reading on Wednesday in Abuja. Recall that the Federal Government had in 2016 flagged-off the remediation of contaminated sites in Ogoniland. The government had through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, and multi-national oil companies mobilised $180 million for the exercise. Lending his voice in support of the bill, Senator Ibikunle Amosun said the university would help in protecting environmental challenges and further mitigate youth restiveness in the oil-producing states. According to him, ”when this Bill is established, it will do a lot of things and help the community.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 19, 2020 17:36 UTC