Ignoring these concerns HYPREP head of operations Philip Shekwolo and Paul Ugbaha head of procurement at the time went over Giadom's head and obtained the authorisation of Minister Abdullahi after which the expenditure was signed off by the Federal Executive Council our sources said...
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Another professional said that Zabbey had worked closely with and was loyal to Philip Shekwolo HYPREP's controversial head of technical services whose pollution remediation work has been heavily criticised by the UN Environment Programme...
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Widespread procurement fraud has taken place and fake companies have been created to siphon off funds for remediation water and soil testing work under the management of Philip Shekwolo the director of operations in the agency according to reports (AC Vol 63 No 21 Grand corruption wrecks Niger delta clean-up)...
HYPREP's head of operations Philip Shekwolo announced plans for a design consultancy for the Centre in January...
Ogoni activists are particularly worried by the presence at the heart of HYPREP of Philip Shekwolo who was the head of remediation at Shell Petroleum Development Company at a time when its clean-ups were heavily criticised and labelled inadequate in the 2011 UNEP report (AC Vol 60 No 18 The oil clean-up that didn't...
