MOSOP rejects OML 11 deal, seeks FG’s intervention 

Reject fossil extraction activities in local communities, HOMEF cautions 

Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has rejected the deal between Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Sahara Energy and West African Gas Limited (WAGL over OML 11, calling for presidential fiat to resolve the ongoing issue.

The association also explained that the said deal has raised ethical questions over a Financial and Technical Services Agreement (FTSA), saying that the agreement was not done in good faith, in the interest of the Nigerian people and did not follow due process.

MOSOP President, Fegalo Nsuke, made this known to journalists in Abuja, describing the Sahara-WAGL deal as fraudulent, deceptive and an insult to the intelligence and integrity of the Ogoni people, as well as the nation in general.

Nsuke called on President Bola Tinubu to cancel that FTSA between the two companies, as the agreement is fraught with irregularities, adding: “What they did between Sahara and WAGL is shameful and depicts high-level corruption in public service.”

“Sahara Energy is certainly not a company the Ogoni people want on their soil and we are calling on the President to terminate any deal between the NNPCL and Sahara Energy over OML 11, and allow for an inclusive arrangement for fair treatment of the Ogoni people.

“Our last Ogoni Congress has been unequivocal on the demand for justice, and it has given a clear path to resolve the three-decade-old conflict between all critical parties. It will be good to explore this for peace and development of Ogoni and our country,” Nsuke stressed.

MEANWHILE, the Health Of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), at the weekend, cautioned residents in Edo Communities of Gele-gele and other local communities across the state to build resistance to fossil fuel extraction activities in their communities, emphasising the need for a just energy transition.

The Gele-gele community residents, in their hundreds, were engaged in a training on just energy transition with the theme, ‘Community dialogue on just energy transition and the use of cultural tools to build resistance,’ orgainsed by HOMEF, which had in attendance community leaders, elders and other representatives from Gele-gele community.

THE HOMEF Programme manager for communities and culture, Cadmus Atake Enade, emphasised the need for not just any energy transition but a just energy transition. 

According to him, the need for a just energy transition is a result of climate change. He also informed that most of the solutions proffered are merely profit-based without the consideration of host communities or the people affected.