Download or read book Critical Reflections on the Niger Delta Question written by Deinbo A. Briggs and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Niger Delta Question and the Peace Plan written by Otoabasi Akpan and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anatomy of the Niger Delta Crisis written by Victor Ojakorotu and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anatomy of the Niger Delta crisis: causes, consequences and opportunities for peace is a firm key work providing deep insights into the complex and varied interests that are at play in the Niger Delta of Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria. The nine treatises in this book, unequivocally, identify the primary motivations and major players in the imbroglio that is responsible for the quagmire which the international oil market is faced with today. The bold academic discourses, to a large extent, blame British imperialism, global capitalism and Nigeria's political elites for the situation in the Niger Delta, which has a far reaching global effect. Each of the essays, nonetheless, paints a picture of hope for the distraught communities in the Niger Delta in spite of the dark themes that are the preoccupations of the scholars. That is, if the Nigerian government would approach the Niger Delta crisis with the absolute sincerity that it deserves.
Download or read book Niger Delta Oil written by Ene Udioko and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Niger Delta of Nigeria is a boiling cauldron and a pandora's box that has exploded in the past and will continue to simmer for many generations until drastic steps are taken by all stakeholders to end the current political,economic and environmental impasse in the country's economic basket. Nobody doubts that Niger Delta is the real (not proverbial) goose that lays the golden eggs in Nigeria.Approximately 90 percent of foreign exchange earnings and 80 percent of federal revenues for the last 45 years come from oil,the so called Bonny,sweet 'light' oil.The Niger Delta is believed to hold at least twenty billion barrels of oil reserves. Nigeria pumps 2 million barrels of oil daily from the Niger Delta. Although Nigeria has earned more than $280 billion dollars over the past 40 years from oil exploration, the environmental and living conditions of the oil producing communities is a misery tale of unparalleled proportions. For the inhabitants of the oil producing communities,every day basic activity is a gargantuan struggle. They cannot drink water because of oil pollution; cannot enjoy gainful employment because their traditional sources of livelihood have been destroyed; cannot hunt because their wildlife is gone; cannot send their children to school or enjoy basic healthcare because of abject poverty and; cannot enjoy basic transportation, electricity and telephone services because of the ''Nigeria'' factor.The Nigeria's current political experiment will continue to be hounded by the environmental, health and economic morass of Niger Delta. The Niger Delta issue is a complex web of political betrayal at all levels of government (federal,state and local), endless economic marginalization, and massive environmental insensitivity and neglect. More so, the Niger Delta question is not amenable to quick organizational fixes, Amnesty, political expediency, and inflammatory rhetoric or double talk.Indeed, Niger Delta represents the rot of Nigeria's polity and its chicanery tendencies, and the diabolical machinations of unrepentant elite both from the Niger Delta and the corridors of power in Abuja. The Niger Delta question also transcends the usual Nigerian past time of simplistic ethnic jingoism,atavistic political leadership, cult and personality following, and self-imposed immunity from personal and collective responsibility.The pertinent question at this juncture is very simple : Should Nigerians that occupy the source of our enormous national wealth enjoy an equitable standard of living, pursue economic freedoms with minimal discomfort, and live a life free from avoidable environmental hazards ? It is not believed that any Nigerian or multinational conglomerate can argue otherwise or respond in the negative.Consequently, this book attempt to answer the following rational questions : What went wrong in the Niger Delta since oil was discovered in the region i 1956 ? How and when did it go so wrong ? Can anything be done to remedy the wrong and assure that it will never happen again ? The writer believes that the die is cast for Niger Delta. No present or future government in Nigeria can ever neglect the unjust situation in the Niger Delta without major repercussions.The book is divided into eighteen chapters. Chapter one deals with relevant review of literature on the Niger Delta challenges. Chapter two examines two theoretical frameworks expounded by two eminent scholars on the relationships between resources and conflicts. The rest of the chapters cover wide range of issues as they relate to Niger Delta questions on injustice perpetrated on the people of the region. My joy in writing this book will derives much from the contribution that it's able to make in removing the mystique around the Niger Delta region thus, leading to a better understanding of the problem. It is my hope that this book will be an asset to the readers.
Download or read book Fresh Dimensions on the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria written by Victor Ojakorotu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-05-03 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited Volume dealing with the Niger Delta.Topics Covered: Militarism, resource management, development, etc.Part of the Conflict and Development Series of the Journa of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences
Download or read book NIGER DELTA written by Dr Paul Julius and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil has played a strategic role in the economics and politics of Nigeria since the mid-60s. Inspite the large oil earnings, the oil producing Niger Delta region in Nigeria remains one of the poorest and most conflict-prone region in sub-Saharan Africa. For most of the Niger Deltans, the story of oil has practically been that of 'the bad and the ugly'. The legacy of oil has been severe economic and environmental problems which have exacerbated political tensions and social conflict in the country. This dismal natural resource endowment narrative raises a key question, why has sustainable development been elusive in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria despite the magnitude of its oil wealth? This question is the subject of extensive discussion in this factual book. Despite the fact that the type and scale of violence in the oil region is rooted in generalised poverty, exploitation and a discriminatory system, what happens when a revolution gets hijacked by people pursuing parochial agenda?
Download or read book Culture Environment and the Niger Delta Question written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Niger Delta Question written by University of Ibadan. Programme on Ethnic and Federal Studies and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Towards Permanently Resolving The Niger Delta Crisis written by Loveday Enyinnaya Ogbuleke and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable peace and security remains a key challenge in the Niger Delta region. But the Niger Delta question seems to defy all known solutions. Due to fact that the parties are not sincere at getting the issues resolved because certain individual(s) or group(s) are benefiting or the government lacks the will power to confront the problem politically. Despite the region justified for over 80% of government revenue, 95% of export receipts and 90% of foreign exchange earnings, the region still nursing with communal tensions, political competition, organized criminality, and resource-based conflicts, militancy, piracy, cultism, election violence, communal violence, armed robbery, kidnapping, unemployment, poverty, land disputes and lack of infrastructures varying at state and Local Government Area (LGA) levels. The study therefore recommended: the development areas should be funded by the Federal Government through direct budgetary allocations. The development areas would have the mandate to ensure urgent infrastructural and socio-economic transformation of the Niger Delta. They should be domiciled in the oil producing communities, and should carry the locals along in the execution of their mandate. Activities of the development areas should be subjected to periodic review through a feed-back mechanism put in place by the Federal Government to ensure optimal performance, appropriate skill knowledge to ameliorate poverty, strengthening of anti-corruption agencies among others.
Download or read book Nigeria Oil and Gas Exploration and the Niger Delta Question written by E.K. Bribena and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Niger Delta written by Whelan Research Academy for Religion, Culture, and Society. International Symposium and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nigeria s Oil Politics written by Comfort Reginald Otuene and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta written by Cyril Obi and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated, largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency. Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance, addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and development in the Niger Delta.
Download or read book The National Question in Nigeria written by Abubakar Momoh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2002: Addressing the burning questions confronting the Nigerian nation-state today, this book explores the diverse dimensions and voices apparent in the challenges surrounding the national question. Highlighting a range of under-researched and unexplored issues, it theoretically and empirically examines key aspects of the national question discourse and debate in Nigeria. The contributors bring wide and varied experiences to bear on the volume and employ both these experiences and the multidisciplinary approach to illuminate and enrich the issues under study. The National Question in Nigeria identifies challenges that must be addressed if the nation is to survive - and critical issues that have been left unresolved and now threaten the nation state. It is essential reading for social scientists, policy makers, politicians, NGO activists and all observers and students of Nigerian history and politics.
Download or read book The Price of Oil written by Bronwen Manby and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to Import Weapons
Download or read book The Niger Delta Paradox written by Wangbu, John K. and published by Safari Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people in the Niger Delta may not have heard of the term “environmental injustice” before, but it is just a new word for an old problem. Environmental justice is based on the principle that all people have a right to be protected from environmental pollution and to live in and enjoy a clean and healthy environment. In the Niger Delta environmental injustice is experienced mostly from the activities of the oil industries which have degraded the land, contaminated the water and polluted the air without proper compensation. Gas leakage is killing many people and continues to have a negative impact on the lives of the people living around the area. The aim of this book is to raise awareness of the issues affecting the Niger Delta region, and to encourage involvement in the cause.
Download or read book Nigeria Question written by M. O. Ajah (Jnr.) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
