consultants; investment advisory services. Procurement General: a database has been established by the Ministry of environment to collate different expressions of interest from individuals and businesses that wish to participate in the process in one capacity or another. Procurement will in any event be conducted strictly in accordance with the Public procurement Act. These meetings culminated in the decision to review the HYPREP Extra-ordinary Gazette No.65 Volume 101 of July 2014 to prevent its interference with the statutory duties of already existing agencies. The HYPREP Gazette was reviewed to make the institutional structure more inclusive and transparent in its assigned roles and responsibilities, and the reviewed Gazette was forwarded to the Federal Executive Council for consideration and approval. The reviewed Gazette provided the institutional framework needed to drive the process, namely, the HYPREP Governing Council, the Board of Trustees and the Project Coordinator. From January to May, 2016, the Federal Ministry of Environment convened several meetings with key stakeholders including the Special Adviser in charge of the Amnesty Programme to ensure consideration and inclusiveness. The Ministry also consulted other stakeholders including the Paramount Ruler and other Traditional Rulers in Ogoniland and some oil impacted communities, the International Oil Companies (IOCs), the Niger Delta States, Civil Society Organisations, and Security Organisations. A Stakeholders' Sensitization Meeting was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday 28th April, 2016. The meeting further secured the commitment of the people of Ogoniland and other stakeholders in the support of the clean-up project as well as an agreement of no re-pollution after clean-up. At the meeting, the Honourable Minister of Environment promised to constitute four (4) Adhoc Committees to commence preparation for activities on the clean-up project. Hon. Minister of Environment inaugurated these committees and Task Team on the 24th May 2016. President Muhammadu Buhari launched the clean-up of Ogoniland on June 2nd 2016 in Bodo, Rivers State which has been ravaged by devastating oil spillage in the last 10 years, destroying farmlands, aquatic life, and unleashing monumental and multiple forms of land, air and water pollutions in the process. In continuation of a series of interactive engagements with leaders in oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta region in Port Harcourt Rivers State the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo revealed that the Ogoni CleanUp project flagged off in 2016 will cost $1billion and the funds will be provided by Shell Petroleum Development Company. The Federal Ministry of Environment has set about establishing the governance framework with strong systems and controls that are required to carry the Project through its 25 year life cycle. A key component of that infrastructure is a robust governance structure, comprising mainly a Governing Council, a Board of Trustees and a Project Coordination Office (PCO). The Governing Council and Board of Trustees were inaugurated by the President on 4 August 2016 and have since had 2 meetings. The parameters outlined in the UNEP Report within which the Program must operate was approved by the Federal Executive Council before being officially gazetted on the 12th December 2016. On 12th January 2017, the Governing Council approved the appointment of Dr. Marvin Dekil, an indigene of Ogoniland, as the Project Coordinator after an international competitive process that saw applications received from other well qualified candidates from around the world. 134