The sacking comes less than five days after the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Ogoni power project, the 100-bed specialist hospital, and the centre of excellence for environmental restoration.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday removed the coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), Ferdinand Giadom Dumbari and replaced him with Nanibarini Zabbey.
The sacking comes less than five days after the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Ogoni power project, the 100-bed specialist hospital, and the centre of excellence for environmental restoration.
SaharaReporters exposed HYPREP's poor progress in delivering drinking water to the Ogoni people less than two weeks ago.
The four-month investigation also showed that the Ogoni people have yet to get drinking water despite Shell's $572 million investment from 2018 to 2022 in the reclamation of the Ogoni area. It was learnt that HYPREP had not delivered life sustainability as recommended by UNEP.
President Buhari, who is said to have participated electronically in the flag-off ceremony, stated that the power project will support the Ogoniland project.
The power project, according to the government's verified Twitter account, "will bring sustainability to the Potable Water Schemes, Livelihood Programme, Centre of Excellence for Environmental Restoration, and the Specialist Hospital projects being undertaken by HYPREP."
According to Buhari, the Ogoni hospital would provide care for persons who have over time been exposed to hydrocarbon contamination and other illnesses linked to environmental degradation in the neighbourhood.
President Buhari further stated that the Centre of Excellence for Environmental Restoration will give researchers in Nigeria and elsewhere in the globe access to resources and opportunities for environmental remediation-related research.
British Shell oil leaked and contaminated the environment from the Gokana local government area (LGA) to the Eleme LGA between 2008 and 2009.
This event, which happened over a decade, led to a worldwide presence, including international groups like the UNEP. Rivers and important sources of drinking water were also devastated by the over 30,000 barrel oil spill.
The vast pollution had an impact on biodiversity, farmlands, streams, and rivers, as well as regions that on the surface appeared undamaged but were actually poisoned, according to a 14-month UNEP review of the pollution.