President Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Nanibarini Zabbey as the new Project Coordinator of HYPREP. The appointment takes immediate effect.
Prof Nanibarini Zabbey is a foremost and renowned Ogoni expert on hydrobiology and has extensive experience and background on remediation related activities with bias in bio-monitoring and restoration ecology.
Until his appointment, he was a senior lecturer at the Department of Fisheries Faculty of Agriculture, University of Port Harcourt. He is the first African recipient of the Association of the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) 2022 Ruth Patrick Award for research and engagement with a critical impact on recovery of the Niger Delta ecosystem from oil spills and environmental justice for affected communities.
Prof Zabbey is the first civil society activist to be appointed as HYPREP coordinator and hailing his appointment, he is expected make the human rights community proud with the new assignment by working to ensure HYPREP answers to the real clean-up of Ogoniland.
