AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoOgoni Cleanup Funding Push: Nigeria’s environment ministry says HYPREP progress on Ogoniland is real, but donor and technical support is running low, urging partners to help complete UNEP’s long-term restoration and ecosystem monitoring. EU Support for Restoration: The EU reaffirmed its commitment to Ogoniland’s environmental recovery under HYPREP, citing decades of hydrocarbon damage to soil, groundwater and mangroves. HOSTCOM & Pipeline Security: Niger Delta stakeholders and lawmakers rejected calls to decentralise Tantita’s pipeline surveillance contract, arguing it’s a separate private arrangement under the Petroleum Industry Act framework. Climate Resilience Warning: The Bank of Industry warns climate change is weakening Nigeria’s competitiveness and resilience, citing rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, floods and heatwaves hitting farmers and manufacturers. Flood Risk Alert (Niger-focused): Nigeria’s flood outlook flags thousands of high-risk communities across 33 states, with peak danger expected July–September. Environmental Justice Politics: AAC picked environmental justice advocate Ojumude Bishop for Warri Federal Constituency, pledging laws to address marginalisation and oil-linked environmental degradation.
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