
•President Tinubu (center) signing the College of Surroundings Tech Invoice…yesterday. With him from left are: Former Vice Chancellor, College of Port Harcourt, Prof Don Baridan; Chairman, Home Committee on Host Communities, Dumnamene Dekor; Senator representing Rivers South-East District, Barry Mpigi; Chief of Workers to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Schooling, Dr Olatunji Alausa and Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu PHOTO: AKIN OLADOKUN
- Tinubu indicators College of Environmental Tech Invoice
The signing of a invoice establishing the Federal College of Environmental Expertise, Ogoni, in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu was nicely acquired by the Motion for the Survival of Ogoni Individuals (MOSOP) yesterday.
Particular Adviser to the President on Coverage Communication, Daniel Bwala, stated it was a method of addressing historic injustices and fostering inclusive growth.
“I’m happy to tell Nigerians that Mr. President @officialABAT has assented to the invoice establishing Federal College of Environmental Expertise, Ogoni, in Rivers State.
“It’s necessary to spotlight that the Renewed Hope administration of President Bola Tinubu is all about righting the wrongs of the previous and setting up establishments to protect towards future segregated developments,” he acknowledged in a submit on X.
MOSOP’s Publicity Secretary, Saviour Oscar Imeabe, stated it was an excellent starting however appealed to the President to look into different urgent requests of the Ogoni individuals.
He stated: “We’re interesting to Mr President to exonerate the Ogonis that misplaced their lives whereas agitating for the battle.
“Mr. President must also take note of our agitation for the creation of Bori State and the implementation of the Ogoni Invoice of Rights.
“The Ogoni clean-up train was speculated to final for 30 years earlier than speaking about oil resumption so the query is why calling for oil resumption when the clean-up train remains to be ongoing?”
Ogoni-born rights defender, Akpobari Celestine, described the President’s gesture as an excellent take-off level, including, nonetheless, that it will not tackle their pains or unlock the closed oil wells.
He stated: “It doesn’t tackle our pains. This doesn’t imply that the oil wells at the moment are open.
“We nonetheless have the problem of exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa and others and the discharge of Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Bus seized by the Customs since 2015.
“Regardless of a legitimate court docket judgement obtained on twentieth April 2025, the merchandise has not been launched.
“We even have the problem of political marginalisation and that of state creation. The federal government is but to contribute one kobo to the clean-up.”
Protest over non-inclusion in oil manufacturing talks
Additionally yesterday, at the least, seven Ogoni communities from Gokana Native Authorities Space of Rivers State protested their non-inclusion in preliminary engagements by the Federal Authorities to renew crude oil manufacturing in Ogoniland.
The communities of Mogho, B-Dere, Ok-Dere, Bera, Bodo, Kpor and Gbe, nonetheless, hailed President Bola Tinubu’s name for negotiated return of oil manufacturing in Ogoni after over three a long time of operational closure.
In a communiqué issued after their assembly, the communities stated: “We as oil-bearing, extremely impacted communities should not against any real course of that may result in an early return of oil firms in our land.”
However they vowed to oppose the event if individuals spearheading the negotiation fail to incorporate them in future engagements.
“We will vehemently oppose and reject any ongoing or future course of that appears clearly to disregard or consign to the background communities, landlords, farmers/fishermen whose livelihoods are, or can be injuriously impacted ensuing from the proposed oil resumption in Ogoni,” the communiqué acknowledged.
The communities stated they need to be allowed to play a number one position in all negotiations as a result of they bore the damaging impacts of oil manufacturing.
They stated: “As a bunch to main oil fields, circulation stations, manifolds and a gateway to Bonny export terminal, we make daring to say that the eventual end result of any negotiation with out our energetic participation can be rejected and our land and communities made inaccessible.”
All of the paramount rulers of the seven communities, council of chiefs, group growth committees, and youth and girls leaders signed the communiqué.
The paramount rulers of Mogho, His Royal Highness (HRH) Mene Stephen Kpea; B-Dere, HRH Kadilo Sooh; Ok-Dere, Mene Isaac G; Bera, HRH Mene Magnus B.A; Bodo, HRH King John Berenson; Kpor, HRH Mene Avalobari Ntaoh and Gbe, HRH Mene Friday Gia, have been among the many group leaders that endorsed the communiqué.