The National Assembly Joint Committee on Host Communities on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, to present the status of the Ogoniland clean-up project, IgbereTV reports
The Chairman of the joint committee, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, gave the directive at an interactive session with the Ministry of Environment and committee in charge of the project in Abuja.
The committee had earlier invited the minister to the public hearing.
But neither the minister nor the permanent secretary appeared before the committee at the session. Instead, a representative of the minister, Mr. Charles Ikeah, was present at the hearing.
President Muhammadu Buhari approved the contract for the Ogoni clean-up in 2018.
Degi-Eremienyo, who was displeased by the absence of the minister at the meeting, said: “We had extended the invitation to the minister, who is the chairman of the governing council on Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) but he has failed to appear before the committee
