President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday conferred posthumous national honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on the late Ogoni four: Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Theophilus Orage, and Samuel Orage. The awards were presented during the presentation of the Ogoni Consultations Committee report at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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President Tinubu urged the people of Ogoniland to embrace reconciliation and unity after decades of division. He said: âMay their memories continue to inspire unity, courage and purpose among us. I urge the Ogoni people across classes, communities and generations to close ranks, put this dark chapter behind us and move forward as a united community with one voice.â
The President also pledged his administrationâs support for peace, environmental remediation, and economic revival in Ogoniland, confirming plans to facilitate the resumption of oil production in the area. âI am encouraged by the overwhelming consensus of the Ogoni communities to welcome the resumption of oil production. The government will deploy every resource to support your people in this march towards shared prosperity,â he said.
Recalling that in 2022 the previous administration handed the operatorship of the Ogoni oil field to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its partners, Tinubu assured that his government would build on that decision. He directed the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to begin engagements between Ogoni communities, NNPCL, and other stakeholders to finalise modalities for restarting operations. The Minister of Environment was also tasked with integrating pollution remediation into ongoing dialogue with the communities.
Earlier, the NSA reported that the consultations engaged all four Ogoni zones and the diaspora, capturing demands for structured participation in oil production, accelerated environmental cleanup, and sustainable development. Prof. Don Baridam, chair of the Dialogue Committee, described the report as a reflection of the collective will of the Ogoni people and a blueprint for implementation through an inter-agency taskforce.
Fielding questions after the event, Ribadu reaffirmed the administrationâs commitment to peace, stability, and inclusive development in the Niger Delta, promising strict implementation of all directives to consolidate peace and address past injustices. âPeace is being restored already, and Nigerians will soon see the benefits, not just in Ogoniland, but across the Niger Delta and beyond,â he assured.
Oil exploration in Ogoniland has been suspended since 1993 following protests against environmental degradation, culminating in the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists in 1995.
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