For that reason; they decided to gather together to review what is on ground and make projections on to expect ahead.
They also complained that the persistent pollution of the land is not going down well with their health, as they appealed to the Federal Government to step up the operation.
The President of the Movement of the Survival of Ogoni People, LEGBORSY PYAGBARA led the presentations at the campaign tagged Free the Oil in the Ground.
PYAGBARA urged the government to come up with means to develop alternative energy to reduce the dependence on crude oil.
He also wants the Rivers State Government to conduct an inquiry on the cause of the black soot pollution in the state.
Also speaking, a foremost environmental activist, Elder NNIMMO BASSEY, observed that the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria has not done the country much good.
He said the time has come for Nigerian people to have a rethink about the dependent on for the development of the nation.
In an interview with our correspondent, the Coordinator of Ogoni Solidarity Movement, CELESTINE AKPOBARI, blamed the immediate past administration for the delay of the implementation of the UNEP Report on the cleanup programme.
