Ogoniland Pollution: UN Describes Shell Clean-Up Bid As Incompetent

A Billion-Dollar Project To Clean Up One Of The Most Polluted Places On Earth, The Nigerian Region Of Ogoniland, Has Been Described By The UN As Incompetent, Wasteful And Lacking Transparency.

The Anglo-Dutch Oil Giant Shell Is Partly Funding The Clean-Up After Leaving Ogoniland In The 1990’s Following Complaints Of Leaking Pipelines.

Shell’s Huge Cleanup Began In 2019, Backed By The United Nations And Was Considered To Be One Of The Most Ambitious Projects Of Its Kind In The World.

But, Far From Improving The Situation, Documents From The Un Environmental Programme Reveal The Pollution Could Now Be Getting Worse.