The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has restated its commitment to a transparent and accountable clean-up project in Ogoniland of Rivers State.
HYPREP in a statement in Port Harcourt yesterday said it was disposed to providing relevant information to the public on its operation.
The statement which was signed by its head of communications, Enuolare Mba-Nwigoh, was in response to a protest by the Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) urging stoppage of the ongoing clean-up exercise in the area.
It said some of the projects it is currently executing include the construction of the Ogoni Power Project, Centre of Excellence for Environmental Restoration (CEER), 100-bed Ogoni Specialist Hospital, a cottage hospital and the ongoing training of 5000 women and youths in 20 skill areas.
“We hereby call on the Rivers State commissioner of police to hold Legborsi Yamaabana and his cohorts responsible should there be any breach of peace and security at the PCO and across HYPREP’s project sites,” the statement said.
