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Artisanal refiners canvass presidential crude oil refining development initiative

A group of artisanal refiners in the Niger Delta has demanded the establishment of Presidential Crude Oil Refining Development Initiative (PACORDI) as an equivalent of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMDI) in the North. The group argued that considering the similarity between artisanal gold mining in parts of the North/Southwest and artisanal crude oil refining in…

Ogoni cleanup’s first phase may last for more 22 years, youths warn, deplore slow pace of project

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) has warned that the first phase of the Ogoni cleanup, flagged off on June 2, 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari, might last for more 22 years if the rate of work is not accelerated.

The group regretted that United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)-brokered remediation was virtually on a standstill, stating that the “seeming lack of capacity…