The (MOSOP) - Movement for the survival of Ogoni people, has accused (SODC) Shell petroleum development company, of to pay it's share of the counterpart funding for the clean up
The MOSOP President Legbosi Piagbara told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that Shell had not shown enough willingness to be part of the exercise.
According to him, the company is supposed to pay 200 million dollars annually into the clean-up trust fund.
He said that the clean-up would not be realisable without Shell’s fulfilment of its part of the funding plan.
Piagbara said that the 10 million dollars the company had paid was a take-off fund for the clean-up project.
This cannot handle the project itself.
The agreement is an annual payment of 200 million dollars for the clean-up; as we speak, shell cannot say it has paid such money.
The agreement we are expecting it to pay its share of the funding so that efforts on the project will become visible he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clean-up of oil devastated sites in Ogoni has remained topical, following the recent release of 10 million dollars by shell.
Only recently, the National Youth Council of Ogoni People (NYCOP) said it was unsatisfied with the handling of the funds released by shell.
NYCOP said it would ensure full assessment of all expenditures concerning the Ogoni clean-up exercise.
NAN reports that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in June 2016 kicked-started the oil spillage clean-up in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers.
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