From Tony John, Port Harcourt
Chieftain of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and its Secretary in Eleme kingdom, Sunday Gbaranugbe, has declared that the people of Eleme were strongly in support of the group’s proposals for the operation of an Ogoni Development Authority (ODA), as a development initiative to address the lingering Ogoni crisis.
Gbaranugbe spoke, yesterday, when he addressed youths and women of Eleme Kingdom while on a sensitisation tour to intimate them on the benefits of the MOSOP development plan.
He warned that the ODA intervention should not take the form of that which is operated under the Ogoni cleanup exercise, which has become seriously mismanaged and discredited with allegations of looting.
He said the proposal for the implementation of an Ogoni Development Authority was acceptable to MOSOP in Eleme kingdom and would get the best support from the area.
“The Eleme people will not oppose a MOSOP Central Committee decision on the implementation of the ODA and are fully in support of the proposed Ogoni Development Authority to address the concerns of the Ogoni people and deal with the issues of neglect and environmental degradation.”