HYPREP engages foreign partners in clean up of Ogoni complex sites
NENIBARINI Zabbey, a professor and project coordinator, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), has observed that the clean up of the complex sites in Ogoniland, will transfer technology to local communities, as they conclude plans to engage foreign partners on the excercise.
Zabbey in an interview with Businessday, during the inspection of some complex sites in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, by Haemers Technologies, the proposed foreign partners, said that transfer of technology to local communities, working during the clean up excercise, will empower the youth to take up clean up jobs in the near future.
He explained that the visit by the foreign partners is to conduct physical research on how they can use their wealth of experience to clean up the complex sites in Ogoni, which will include remediation without disturbing the villagers.
The HYPREP boss stated that the Minister of Environment with the HYPREP team is engaging the foreign partners to give the best of clean up that is done in other part of the world, as a right to the Ogoni people, since there is high risk complex sites in the area.
“HYPREP has identified a lot of companies, including this one and they will use mix technology in the clean up excercise.
He further explained that the company is doing site investigation and scoping of the environment .
Jan Haemers, team leader, Haemers Technologies, in an interview shortly after the inspection, promised that the company will use the best technology to clean up Ogoni, especially now that the underground water is contaminated with oil.
He said that their innovative ideas and expertise will bring the desired result to the Ogoni clean up, noting that they have done a lot of clean up contracts in both Africa and Asia, such as Congo, Southern Sudan , China and Singapore, where there are oil contaminations.
“We will develop technology where most of the jobs will be done, by the locals. I am here to bring remediation technology and this job will take time,” he explained.