Contending Issues in the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria - Journal of ...
Contending Issues in the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria - Journal of ... Contending Issues in the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria - Journal of ...
Chapter II: The Niger Delta Crisis: The Political Economy of Fossil Fuels in Nigeria the hazard involved in unsafe sex. If the Nigerian government had religiously adhered to the need to focus on the Niger delta as a special area for development, conflicts in the region would have been averted. Niger Delta as a Special Area within Nigeria When George Dashwood Goldie Tubman stepped into Nigeria to continue British economic imperial ambition, he signed treaties with local chiefs in the Niger delta with the aim of controlling the oil palm production through the UAC in 1879. To the understanding of the chiefs in the Oil Rivers Protectorate, later known as Niger Coast Protectorate, the agreement of protection entered into with the British Crown did not automatically merged them with a new nation-state without their consent. This was the basis of the 1957’s Sir Henry Willink’s Commission on Minority Groups. The Commission did not subscribe to the granting of a nation-state status to the Minority in the Niger delta, but instead called for "the declaration of the Ijaw country as a Special Area," with the aim of having a confederal or at best a true federal system of government. The Balewa government, to some extent adhered to the recommendation of the Commission when 42
Dr. Lere Amusan he treated the Niger delta as a special area between 1960 and 1966. This could have led to the support Isaac Boro and his Integral WXYZ gave to the Federal government during the failed coup d’état perceived to be Igbo’s inspired ambition. The Niger Delta Oil Council called on the oil companies to look into the issues of sustainable development as part of their area of concentration. The Council also demanded damages to be paid as compensation for their damaged cash crops and economic trees destroyed in the course of their operation. The introduction of unitary system of government by the Aguiyi Ironsi military government after the January 1966 coup d’état brought about the agenda of the federal government in having effective control over the state mindless of the heterogeneity of the state-nation. The fear of the majority and their need to feed on the resources of the minority ethnic groups from the south-south was envisaged by the Willink Commission. The struggle to seek redress through the court of law and political movement on the case of the Niger delta did not receive the blessing of the federal government was believed to be an intentional act of the Hausa/Fulani influence on the need to cart away the resources of the south-south for the development of the North. Attempt to use derivation formula in revenue sharing and introduction of special treatment to the oil bearing communities to cater for the heavily polluted environment and the denial of the people of the area of their traditional occupation has not been properly addressed in holistic way (Obi, 1999b: 49). The oil spillage, which 43
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Chapter II: The <strong>Niger</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Crisis</strong>: The Political Economy <strong>of</strong> Fossil Fuels <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Niger</strong>ia<br />
<strong>the</strong> hazard <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> unsafe sex. If <strong>the</strong> <strong>Niger</strong>ian government had<br />
religiously adhered to <strong>the</strong> need to focus on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Niger</strong> delta as a special<br />
area for development, conflicts <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> region would have been averted.<br />
<strong>Niger</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> as a Special Area with<strong>in</strong> <strong>Niger</strong>ia<br />
When George Dashwood Goldie Tubman stepped <strong>in</strong>to <strong>Niger</strong>ia to<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ue British economic imperial ambition, he signed treaties with<br />
local chiefs <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Niger</strong> delta with <strong>the</strong> aim <strong>of</strong> controll<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> oil palm<br />
production through <strong>the</strong> UAC <strong>in</strong> 1879. To <strong>the</strong> understand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
chiefs <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Oil Rivers Protectorate, later known as <strong>Niger</strong> Coast<br />
Protectorate, <strong>the</strong> agreement <strong>of</strong> protection entered <strong>in</strong>to with <strong>the</strong> British<br />
Crown did not automatically merged <strong>the</strong>m with a new nation-state<br />
without <strong>the</strong>ir consent. This was <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1957’s Sir Henry<br />
Will<strong>in</strong>k’s Commission on M<strong>in</strong>ority Groups. The Commission did not<br />
subscribe to <strong>the</strong> grant<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> a nation-state status to <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ority <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Niger</strong> delta, but <strong>in</strong>stead called for "<strong>the</strong> declaration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ijaw<br />
country as a Special Area," with <strong>the</strong> aim <strong>of</strong> hav<strong>in</strong>g a confederal or at<br />
best a true federal system <strong>of</strong> government. The Balewa government, to<br />
some extent adhered to <strong>the</strong> recommendation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Commission when<br />
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