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A statement by the corporation's Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Samson Makoji, quoted the GMD, who was represented by the NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, Mr. Roland Ewubare, as saying that the funding is not the challenge of the Ogoniland clean-up project.
He stressed that the corporation and its JV partners were up to date in their financial remittance to the clean-up project fund based on the UNEP framework.
Kyari said: 'Ogoni clean-up is a massive issue and NNPC and its JV partners are ready to fund the project as prescribed by the UNEP Report. We have so far disbursed
While noting that though NNPC and its JV partners are not responsible for the implementation of the clean-up, the GMD urged all stakeholders to come together to ensure that the project is carried out successfully.
According to him, the implementation of the clean-up is very important as the exercise would enable the restoration of land, water and the economic well-being of the people in the area.
It would be recalled that the UNEP Report on Ogoniland clean-up had estimated an initial clean-up costs of over
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