On May 5, 2021, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) visited some sites of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Report on Ogoni 2011 implementation by Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in parts of Ogoniland in company of other local and international team members. The site visit on May 5 started with a meeting and…
ADVOCACY CENTRE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT //// MAY 4, 2021 INVITATION TO MODULAR REFINERY INVESTORS’ WORKSHOP WITH FOREIGN TECHNICAL PARTNERS AND REQUEST FOR COLLABORATION/SPONSORSHIP Recall that in our February 25, 2021 publication, titled “FORMATION OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES ON MODULAR REFINERIES FOR ARTISANAL REFINERS IN THE NIGER DELTA”, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) announced plans to organize…
Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) recalls that the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) assessment report on Ogoni was published on August 4, 2011, nine years ago. We also recalled that the audit of Ogoni environment followed years of struggle premised on environmental degradation, economic strangulation and political marginalization of the area which came to…
A PRESENTATION ON “LINKAGES BETWEEN OGONI CLEAN-UP AND ARTISANAL REFINING” BY FYNEFACE DUMNAMENE FYNEFACE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, YOUTHS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY CENTRE (YEAC) DURING A VIRTUAL “MEDIA BRIEFING ON COMMUNITY CONCERNS IN THE OGONI CLEAN-UP PROCESS” ORGANIZED BY KABETKACHE WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE CENTRE WITH SUPPORT FROM CORDAID HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020. INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY OF…
PRESS RELEASE JUNE 2, 2020 As today, June 2, 2020 marks four (4) years after the flag-off of Ogoni Cleanup on June 2, 2016, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (simply called YEAC or ADVOCACY CENTRE), a nongovernmental organization that has been monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Report 2011 on Ogoniland…
The FULL REPORT of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Assessment of Ogoniland which was published on August 4, 2011 can be downloaded HERE
Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) on Thursday, March 5, 2020 organised capacity building session on peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity and mitigation on the Ogoni Cleanup project for the councilors of the four local government area of Ogoni. The councilors, 56, their legislative assembly Clerks, 4 and other civil society actors and the media numbering over…
Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) on Friday, February 28, 2020 joined in welcoming the Norwegian Ambassador, Jen-Petter Kjemprud and his Deputy Head of Mission, Indrid Skjolaas to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on an official visit. Advocacy Centre, represented by its Executive Director, Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface also joined the Ambassador and his entourage…
Press Release HYPREP: DO NOT AWARD NEW CLEAN-UP CONTRACTS WITHOUT ADDRESSING EMERGENCY MEASURES IN OGONILAND! While speaking on an Environmental Parliament program on WISH, 99.5FM Port Harcourt by 10AM this morning, I called on Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) NOT to award new clean-up contracts in Ogoni without addressing issues around emergency measures as recommended…
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