MOSOP opposes politicians’ moves to influence appointee for clean-up agency

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People has opposed the appointment of a partisan Project Manager/Secretary for the Governing Council of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project.
HYPREP is the implementation agency for the Ogoni cleanup.
MOSOP made its stance known in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Fegalo Nsuke, on Wednesday in Abuja.
Nsuke said that the movement was concerned “about moves by politicians to influence the appointment of a political party loyalist to the position”.
Nsuke said: “We wish to state clearly that we reject the use of the Ogoni cleanup to compensate party loyalists and will be willing to call out our people against attempts by politicians to target Ogoni cleanup funds to compensate and fund a political party.
“MOSOP is fully aware of the antics to blackmail the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed into appointing a political party loyalist into the position of a project manager/secretary for HYPREP.
“Furthermore, the Ogoni cleanup is about our people, our lives and future.
“We insist that our input must be sought on who becomes the project manager for the Ogoni cleanup.”
Nsuke, therefore, said that MOSOP unequivocally rejects political party considerations as basis for the appointment of a project manager/secretary for HYPREP.
He said MOSOP insisted on a competent, experienced and non-partisan professional for the position of a project manager/secretary for HYPREP, saying that the group’s input is cardinal in arriving at that decision.