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UN Report Reveals Failure of Nigerian Oil Spill Cleanup Despite Assistance
UN Report Reveals Failure of Nigerian Oil Spill Cleanup Despite Assistance
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The failure of a Nigerian oil spill clean-up agency reportedly left vast tracts of land unusable, contradicting UN efforts to rehabilitate the polluted region. 26.12.2024, Sputnik Africa
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A recent UN report, obtained by the Associated Press, revealed the widespread failure of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), a Nigerian agency responsible for cleaning up oil spills in the Ogoni region in the Niger Delta, despite the fact that Ogoniland is on a cleanup list of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). In 2018 the UNEP reportedly launched a project aimed at strengthening the HYPREP to better fulfill its responsibilities and clean up oil pollution in the region.HYPREP selected unqualified contractors, used inadequate labs, and obstructed auditors, leading to ineffective and incomplete cleanups, according to the report. The failures are also reportedly attributed to the involvement of politically connected cleanup companies, a former Nigerian minister of the environment told the AP.Oil exploration and production began in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s, but operations in Ogoniland were suspended in the early 1990s due to civil unrest. Since then, the oil fields and installations have remained dormant, but oil spills continue to affect the region due to lack of maintenance and vandalism to oil infrastructure and facilities, according to the UNEP.
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UN Report Reveals Failure of Nigerian Oil Spill Cleanup Despite Assistance
14:30 26.12.2024 (Updated: 15:46 26.12.2024) Elizaveta Roschina
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The failure of a Nigerian oil spill clean-up agency reportedly left vast tracts of land unusable, contradicting UN efforts to rehabilitate the polluted region.
A recent UN report, obtained by the Associated Press, revealed the widespread failure of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), a Nigerian agency responsible for cleaning up oil spills in the Ogoni region in the Niger Delta, despite the fact that Ogoniland is on a cleanup list of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). In 2018 the UNEP reportedly launched a
project aimed at strengthening the HYPREP to better fulfill its responsibilities and clean up oil pollution in the region.
HYPREP selected unqualified contractors, used inadequate labs, and obstructed auditors, leading to ineffective and incomplete cleanups, according to the report.
The failures are also reportedly attributed to the involvement of politically connected cleanup companies, a former Nigerian minister of the environment told the AP.
Oil exploration and production began in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s, but operations in Ogoniland were suspended in the early 1990s due to civil unrest. Since then, the oil fields and installations have remained dormant, but oil spills continue to affect the region due to lack of maintenance and vandalism to oil infrastructure and facilities, according to the UNEP.
