Contending Issues in the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria - Journal of ...

Dr. Victor Ojakorotu and Olaopa Olawale
the international market without considering its impact on
environmental sustainability is pertinent to the Nigerian government
and the oil companies. As a result, no attention is being paid to the
agitations of the oil bearing south-south geographical zone for a true
federal system, among others. The paper then conclude that, unless
government and the oil companies come up with holistic approach in
solving the Niger delta impasse, with special reference to the 1957
Willink’s Commission on Minority rights, Nigeria will continue to
wallow in crises. Akpomuvire Mukoro on contending issues in
governance and democracy at the local government level in Nigeria:
some reflections on the Niger delta question in chapter 3 argues that
the formal institutions of government have failed in the governance
quest of the Nigerian state. And, that new vista of awakening has been
brought to light that the indigenous non-governmental organizations
abounding in our civil society and the communities possess the
necessary qualities for fostering democratic governance in the
Nigerian state. Thus, with reference to the Niger Delta region, it is
until the communities and the people become more involved by
becoming stake holders at deciding matters that affect their very
existence and the constitution radically restructured that the teething
problems of fiscal federalism, electoral fraud and money politics will
becomes things of the past. Chapter 4 on Fishers of Men: The Political
Economy of Kidnapping in the Niger Delta argues that both economic
incorporation into the global economy and forced political marriage in
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