Welcome to the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, United States of America (MOSOP-USA) Website. MOSOP-USA is an affiliate of MOSOP. It is a non-profit, apolitical, developmental, cultural and environmental organization of the Ogoni people with goals rooted in advocacy, education, human and environmental rights, and the furtherance of the Ogoni non-violent Struggle. In specific terms, MOSOP-USA seeks to promote democratic awareness among the Ogoni people, protect the Ogoni environment and, struggle non-violently for the rights of the indigenous people of Ogoni.
MOSOP-USA is guided by the provisions the 1990 MOSOP Constitution, while functioning under the non-profit provisions of the United States of America. It accepts as its working instrument, the Ogoni Bill of Rights (OBR), which details the demands of the Ogoni people within the environmental, economic, social, and human rights frameworks of Nigeria and the international community.
MOSOP-USA intends, through this website, to generate elevated discourses aimed at enlightening and educating people worldwide about the Ogoni nationality, her people; issues of gas and crude oil exploration and exploitation; environmental and ecological devastation; human rights abuses and the complicities of Shell-led multinational oil-prospecting companies’ nearly four decades Ogoni devastation, backed by successive Nigerian leadership oligarchy. It is therefore expected that participants and visitors to this site will exercise the highest level of decorum, and respect for the rule of law.
MOSOP-USA: HISTORY
PREAMBLE
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, United States of America (MOSOP-USA) is a non-governmental, non-political, developmental and cultural organization of the Ogoni people. MOSOP-USA is an affiliate of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP). Its aims are to promote democratic awareness among Ogoni people, protect the Ogoni environment and to struggle non-violently for the rights of the indigenous people of Ogoni.
FOUNDING
MOSOP-USA is guided by the provisions the 1990 MOSOP Constitution although it functions under the Articles of Incorporation (AOI) as required by the United States law. MOSOP-USA accepts as its working instrument, the Ogoni Bill of Rights (OBR), which detail the demands of the Ogoni people within the environmental, social, economic, and political and human rights frameworks of Nigeria and the international community.
MOSOP-USA was created in 1994 by a devout group of Ogoni sons in the United States of America in apt response to the invitation of Ken Saro-Wiwa to be involved in propagating to the world the environmental and ecological devastation of their motherland, OGONI . According to a letter of approval of the organization from the Secretary of State Office of The State of Texas dated March 21, 1994 and signed by the Assistant Secretary of State, Hon. Audrey Seeden,
PURPOSE
Under Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of MOSOP-USA, the organization’s purpose includes:
To protect and preserve the natural resources and environment of OGONI
To protect and promote the indigenous people of OGONI, its culture and languages
To encourage and promote the economic, educational and social advancement of the OGONI people