Ogoni: Group Flays HYPREP’s Failure To Account For Clean-up Funds

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The group, Ogoni Community Development Network has expressed displeasure over the failure of the authority of Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Programme, HYPREP, handling the Ogoni clean up programme to account for the huge sum of money released to them for the clean up exercise after 100 days in office.

In a statement by its President, Johnson Kuele, on Sunday, the group said that the report by HYPREP’s Coordinator, Dr. Dekil did not represent the expectations of the Ogoni public whose interest is to live in a clean and safe environment.

According to the group, it expect HYPREP to have reported on the state of the Integrated Soil Management Center which the former chairman of its governing council, Mrs Amina Mohammed launched with an elaborate ground breaking ceremony in December 2016.

“We also state that HYPREP under Dekil has received over NGN300,000,000 from the Board of Trustees of HYPREP in the past months yet the integrated soil management center has not received any attention, the water projects have not commenced and its workers have not been paid in the past 4 months.

“Dr Dekil, should explain what he is doing with our money.

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“We wish to state that HYPREP as presently constituted is serving a particular political party interest and this has clearly been represented in its activities and recruitment.

“We warn that if HYPREP is not closely monitored to guard against fund mismanagement, the Ogoni clean-up may end up funding political party’s activities in 2019”.