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| Illegal oil bunkering |
• Peterside commends struggle for equity
The Movement for the
Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has urged the indigenes to guard against
illegal bunkering in the area.
The
Guardian Nigeria report continues:
The
group warned that bunkering would lead to further pollution of Ogoni-land and
render the clean-up exercise futile.
The
President of MOSOP, Legborsi Pyagbara stated this at the 2017 celebration of
Ogoni Day with the theme, “Peace and Unity for Sustainable Development in
Ogoni-land.”
Pyagbara,
while thanking the Ogoni people for their endurance towards the clean-up,
stated that with continuous bunkering activities, the clean-up would yield no
result.
Also,
Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, representing Rivers South East Senatorial District
urged the people to come together to find a lasting solution to the recurring
communal crisis in the area.
Abe,
while delivering in a goodwill message to Ogoni people on the celebration
enjoined them to ensure that peace prevailed in the area to ensure the success
of the US$1 billion clean-up project.
The
state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the
last general elections, Dr. Dakuku Peterside commended the resilience of the
people and their non-violent position.
Peterside told
newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday that the Ogoni struggle was for all.
“I
am calling on Ogonis to unite and work with other ethnic groups to accelerate
the aspirations and the accomplishment of the dream of the founding fathers of
the struggle.
“We
must enter a new phase of cross ethnic groups engagement, recognizing that it is
a collective struggle of all oppressed people all over the world.
“I
salute the resilience of the Ogonis over the years and their industry, I am
prepared to back every genuine effort to make the people of Ogoni great,” he
said.
Peterside,
who is the Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
(NIMASA), commended the Federal Government on the Ogoni clean-up but asked for
an accelerated process.
He urged the government to empower the people whose farmland and streams have been destroyed due to prospecting and production of hydrocarbons over years.
He commended the leadership of MOSOP for keeping the spirit of the struggle alive.
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