Why did Ogoni elders describe Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) cleanup exercise as opaque? Therefore, a vast segment of Ogoni Community is secluded from whatever thing that HYPREP is doing. So, there are competent Ogoni and Niger Delta contractors, who applied for the cleanup contract, but were excluded in the process. Why should the so-called cleanup take priority over water that the people are drinking? They want to tie the cleanup to the resumption of oil exploitation in Ogoni, and they even brought a company of doubtful pedigree.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2019 03:56 UTC