MOSOP Rejects N20m for Ogoni Clean-up Support

 

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People has rejected the N20.2million budgeted by the Federal Government for Ogoniland clean-up support in the 2018 appropriation bill, Punch has reported.

 

In the report, MOSOP contested that the amount would not be enough to achieve the aim of returning the environment to its normal condition.

 

The Federal Government had in its 2018 appropriation bill earmarked only N20,226,000 while the sum of N250 million was budgeted for attendance of international bilateral/multilateral meetings.

 

In a telephone interview on Monday, MOSOP President, Mr. Legborsi Pyagbara told Punch that the implication of the Federal Government’s action was that money could be taken from the funds meant for the clean-up proper to run recurrent expenditure like payment of salaries and hosting meetings.

 

Insisting that the amount earmarked for Ogoniland clean-up support would not be enough, Pyagbara urged government to increase the sum for a proper job to be done.