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President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, has called on Ogoni people unite and form a common front for the betterment of the oil rich ancient kingdom
Making the call in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nsuke emphasised that it was not a time for the people to be divided.
Nsuke was responding to a story that the Ogoni ethnic nationality was not invited to the just-concluded three-day Niger Delta stakeholders’ summit 2024, organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
A statement by the Secretary General of MOSOP, Alex Akori, quoted Nsuke as saying that the summit could not have come at any better time than now that the region needed all the support to attract development to the region.
Speakers upon speakers at the summit, including former President Goodluck Jonathan; Minister of Niger Delta, Abubakar Momo; Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; and a host of others, enjoined the NDDC to embark on human development projects that would impact positively on the lives of the people.
Nsuke said: “We have appreciated the decision of Mr. President to prioritise the issue bothering on the Niger Delta development, and we, in Ogoni are so blessed with fertile arable lands, irrespective of the environmental pollution by oil majors, good enough for rice, tomato, and onion farming among others.
“However, we will expect greater transparency and accountability in the affairs of the NDDC to ensure that its impacts can be strongly felt in the region.
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“MOSOP is ready to partner with the NDDC under the leadership of the current MD, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku to see Ogoniland as veritable location to invest resources in the agriculture sector to boost agro-farming for food security, not just in the Niger Delta region, but in Nigeria as a whole.
“We, as ethnic nationality, will want to partner with the Federal Government and the NDDC in the interest of our people.
“We call for a new dawn to encourage cooperation between the people and the NDDC, despite the misunderstandings that have emanated over the handling of the East-West Road.
“MOSOP will want to see a speedy resolution of all issues surrounding the East-West Road project to enable contractors to return to site and complete the project.
“We will work with the present management of the NDDC, and on that note, we want to express confidence that the NDDC will willingly cooperate with our initiatives to speed up the completion of the East-West Road project.
“We also want to use this opportunity to call on Mr. President to ensure that the activities of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in the clean-up of Ogoni are further strengthened.
“As much as we are appealing for sufficient funds for the NDDC to execute its projects, we want the HYPREP to be thoroughly sanitised for the good of the Ogoni people.”
