Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People has given fresh conditions for the resumption of oil production in Ogoni land.
MOSOP leader, Mr Fegalo Nsuke, while speaking at the group’s Congress and rally held over the weekend at the Gokana Central Field in Bera, Ogoni, Rivers State, said the Ogoni Bill of Rights mandates MOSOP to make “representations on behalf of the Ogoni people as long as injustices continues.”
He listed the injustice that led to Ogoni struggle to include; absence of basic amenities – lack of roads, potable water, housing, hospitals, among others.
All these amenities, he said, have continued to elude the people in Ogoniland.
According to him, “We will not accept any option that does not consider the position of MOSOP on Ogoni oil, given the inputs it has made during the struggle that chased Shell out of Ogoni land.”
He said that Ogoni Development Authority should be “operationalized”, saying that the 20 percent of the resources that comes out of Ogoni should be committed to the development of the area.
Nsuke said that the “commitment “will go into a trust fund that will be managed by a third-party asset management firm that will give reports regularly to the people via online on how the money is put to use.
He said that Ogoni Development Authority when operationalized will be in the interest of Ogoni, adding that any company that is coming to drill oil in Ogoni, the “trust” will take equity in such a company.
