APPRAISAL OF HUMAN RIGHT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF OGONI LAND

APPRAISAL OF HUMAN RIGHT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF OGONI LAND

Ogoni people are one of the many indigenous people in Nigeria, in the region of Southeast Nigeria shared common related Environmental problems with the Ijaw people of Niger Delta. But Ogonis are not listed in the list of people historically belonging to Niger Delta. They number about one million (1,000,000) people and live in a 404 square-mile (11050km2) referred to Ogoni land. They rose to international attention after a massive public protest campaign against Shell Oil, led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). Ogoni land sits between Port Harcourt, the oil capital of Nigeria and home to Shell Nigeria and Bonny Island where the main oil-export terminals are located-most Ogoni settlements are near the main river that connects Port Harcourt to the Atlantic Ocean or along other tidal creeks.7

Traditionally, the Niger Delta was a fertile region important for food production. The Ogoni were a thriving ethnic nationality. Shell had to leave Ogoni land in 1993 and has not been there since. In early 2011, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced it planned to restart oil production in Ogoni land on behalf of the Shell Joint Venture. The Ogoni made clear that NNPC is not welcome either.1

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As anger in Delta grew, government and oil companies became convinced that action should be taken to prevent a real uprising; they turned to UNEP, an independent, outside institution. State and federal governments agreed on the project plan. The project was started in 2010. The aim was to map all polluted sites in the land so that a plan for clean-up could be constructed. The project was paid by Shell as a UN institution. The people have been victims of human Right violations for many years. In 15 years period from 1976-1991, there were reportedly 2,976 oil spills of about 2.1 million barrels of oil, the once alluvial soil of Niger Delta is no longer viable for agricultural use and attributes to wide spread land degradation and groundwater tested high levels of hydrocarbons or contaminated with benzene. In May 1994, nine activities from the movement,7 among them Ken Saro-Wiwa were denied due process, upon found equity were hanged, the trail were criticized by human Right; as violation of their Rights under chapter IV 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

TOPIC: APPRAISAL OF HUMAN RIGHT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF OGONI LAND

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