Phase Two of Ogoni Cleanup Begins

The second phase of the long-awaited cleanup of Ogoniland has commenced, with the Federal Government shifting attention to polluted shorelines and degraded mangrove ecosystems in a renewed push to restore the region’s damaged environment. The second phase of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) officially got underway in Bodo City, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, with shoreline cleanup and mangrove restoration forming key components of the intervention.