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

Egbadju Obukohwo Abraham
The paper has the following objectives:
1 To examine the relationship between the politics of oil
exploration and exploitation and the reactions of the oil
producing communities in the Niger Delta region.
2 To identify and analyze the issues that lie at the heart of the
reactions from the people of the oil-producing communities in
the Niger Delta, how they react, and account for why they react
the way they react.
3 To identify the psychological moment where the reactions by the
oil communities reached the point of escalation and crisis level
and to as well examine how the crisis in the region presents
security challenges to the Nigerian state.
4 To analyze the basic element of security contradiction in the
Nigerian state in relation to the Niger Delta oil-related crisis.
5 To make recommendations on how to break the vicious circle.
Significance of the assignment
This assignment is significant in the following considerations:
1 The Niger Delta issue has become very important and
sensitive as oil has become inextricably linked with the
National question in Nigeria in view of its strategic
importance to the Nigerian political economy. There is need
to contribute to discussions on the Niger Delta issue in this
respect.
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