Social Media Campaign Seeks President’s Release of Promised Cleanup Funds

[Hamzat Lawal]

Dear Change Agents,

Please read carefully and swing into actions! 

Kindly share with your various networks! 

*** To download photos, raw footage, and graphics:
http://hrwnews.org/distribute/nigeria_lead/hhr%20update/index.html
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/06/nigeria-death-stalking-lead-poisoned-children

Nigeria: Death Stalking Lead-Poisoned Children
Social Media Campaign Seeks President’s Release of Promised Cleanup Funds

The Nigerian government’s failure to produce promised funding to address the worst lead poisoning outbreak in modern history is leaving thousands of children to die or face lifelong disability, the Nigerian Youth Climate Action Network (NYCAN) and Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations opened a social media campaign on December 6, 2012, urging people to post comments to President Goodluck Jonathan’s official Facebook page, asking him why he has broken his promise to release funding for the cleanup of lead-contaminated areas in Zamfara State.  

 

'President Jonathan, why won't you release the money you promised in May to clean up poisonous lead in Zamfara? Children are dying and your government’s failure to act is putting more children at risk'.

To see President Jonathan’s Facebook page, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/jonathangoodluck

The February 6, 2012 Human Rights Watch report, “A Heavy Price: Lead Poisoning and Gold Mining in Zamfara State,” is available at:
http://www.hrw.org/video/2012/02/06/heavy-price-lead-poisoning-and-gold-mining-zamfara-state

For more Human Rights Watch reporting on the environment, please visit:
http://www.hrw.org/topic/environment

For more information about the campaign to clean up Zamfara, please visit:
www.followthemoneyng.org

For more information, please contact:
In New York, for Human Rights Watch, Babatunde Olugboji (English): +1-646-204-5082 (mobile); or olu...@hrw.org
In Abuja, for Nigerian Youth Climate Action Network, Hamzat Lawal (English): +234-0-806-869-9956 (mobile); or ha...@followthemoneyng.org
In New York, for Human Rights Watch, Jane Cohen (English, Chinese): +1-917-331-8793 (mobile); or coh...@hrw.org
In Abuja, for Nigerian Youth Climate Action Network, Oludotun Babayemi (English): +234-0-813-490-8561 (mobile); or olud...@followthemoneyng.org 

[teresa mungazi]

come to the action beneath the huge spider now.

See you there!

On 06/12/2012, Hamzat Lawal <mails...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Change Agents,
>
> Please read carefully and swing into actions!
>
> Kindly share with your various networks!
>

> **** To download photos, raw footage, and graphics:
> *http://hrwnews.org/distribute/nigeria_lead/hhr%20update/index.html*
> *
> http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/06/nigeria-death-stalking-lead-poisoned-children
>
> * **Nigeria: Death Stalking Lead-Poisoned Children*
> *Social Media Campaign Seeks President’s Release of Promised Cleanup Funds*

>
> The Nigerian government’s failure to produce promised funding to address
> the worst lead poisoning outbreak in modern history is leaving thousands of
> children to die or face lifelong disability, the Nigerian Youth Climate
> Action Network (NYCAN) and Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations
> opened a social media campaign on December 6, 2012, urging people to post
> comments to President Goodluck Jonathan’s official Facebook page, asking
> him why he has broken his promise to release funding for the cleanup of
> lead-contaminated areas in Zamfara State.
>
>
>
> 'President Jonathan, why won't you release the money you promised in May to
> clean up poisonous lead in Zamfara? Children are dying and

> your government’s failure to act is putting more children at risk'. ****
>
>
> *To see President Jonathan’s Facebook page, please visit:
> *https://www.facebook.com/jonathangoodluck
>
> *The February 6, 2012 Human Rights Watch report, “A Heavy Price: Lead
> Poisoning and Gold Mining in Zamfara State,” is available at:*
> http://www.hrw.org/video/2012/02/06/heavy-price-lead-poisoning-and-gold-mining-zamfara-state
>
> *For more Human Rights Watch reporting on the environment, please visit:*
> http://www.hrw.org/topic/environment
>
> *For more information about the campaign to clean up Zamfara**, please
> visit:*
> www.followthemoneyng.org
>
> *For more information, please contact:*

> In New York, for Human Rights Watch, Babatunde Olugboji (English):
> +1-646-204-5082 (mobile); or olu...@hrw.org
> In Abuja, for Nigerian Youth Climate Action Network, Hamzat Lawal
> (English): +234-0-806-869-9956 (mobile); or ha...@followthemoneyng.org
> In New York, for Human Rights Watch, Jane Cohen (English, Chinese):
> +1-917-331-8793 (mobile); or coh...@hrw.org
> In Abuja, for Nigerian Youth Climate Action Network, Oludotun Babayemi
> (English): +234-0-813-490-8561 (mobile); or

> olud...@followthemoneyng.org <olud...@followthemoneyng.org>
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