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By Joel Anekwe The board of trustees of the Environmental Rights Development Foundation (ERDF) has announced the appointment of Chima Williams as acting executive director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) following the disengagement of Godwin Ojo, who was in that position until 3rd October 2020. The …
Read More »NASS Committee Visits Ogoni Cleanup Sites, Urges Speedy, Transparent Process
… As ERA Recommends 20% of Remediation Funds for Community Devt By Joel Anekwe The joint National Assembly Committee on Ecology and Climate Change on Wednesday visited some of the oil polluted sites in Ogoniland where remediation work is ongoing, with a call on the Hydro Carbon Pollution Remediation Project …
Read More »ERA Urges FG to Set Aside $100bn for N’ Delta Cleanup
… Condemns HYPREP’s 9 years of ‘Opaqueness, Unacceptable Operations’ By Joel Anekwe The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Federal Government to set aside $100 billion for the cleanup of all oil polluted sites in the Niger Delta and pay compensation to affected communities. This …
Read More »Environmentalists Maul Legal Suit against FG over Soot in Rivers
By Joel Anekwe Environmentalists, under the umbrella of Environmental Rights Action (ERA) and Young Friends of the Earth Nigeria, say they are considering instituting a legal action against the Federal Government for its inaction on the incidence of soot in the Rivers environment. They said the move was one of …
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