The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved N6.04 billion for the provision of potable water in Ogoniland.
Minister for Environment, Muhammad Mahmoud, made this known to correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
He said the affected areas are Gokana, Khana, Eleme and Tai, which make up Ogoni.
“The mandate of the project is not just cleaning up the contaminated areas by oil pollution, but also to provide drinking water and three to also provide alternative livelihood for the people of that area,” he said.
“This is a project that previous governments have tried to do, but it just turned out to just be you know, just talk, but President Buhari, in 2015 when he promised, this thing started in 2016 and currently, there will be six water projects that will be provided in this for local governments of Ogoniland and this has just been approved and work will start immediately,” he added.
