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flag Nigeria's Ogoni clean-up faces demands for $2.43B, accountability, and justice 30 years after Ken Saro-Wiwa’s execution.

flag Nigeria's Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has called for transparency, accountability, and community involvement in the Ogoni clean-up project under HYPREP, emphasizing its role as a global model for environmental justice and Nigeria’s commitment to sustainable development. flag Activists and civil society groups are demanding $2.43 billion (1 trillion naira) for the cleanup, accountability from oil companies, a halt to new oil exploration, and justice for the Ogoni people, especially 30 years after the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others. flag They urge a scientific, independent cleanup and reparations, citing decades of environmental harm. flag Under President Tinubu, the government has launched initiatives like the Federal University of Environment and Technology and the Ogoni Industrial Park, alongside symbolic gestures such as a presidential pardon for the Ogoni Nine, signaling a new chapter in reconciliation and environmental restoration.

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