The degree of violence in Nigeria's Niger Delta has become endemic,
characterized by 33 cases of kidnapping recorded between January
2006 and February 2007, with over 200 victims being mostly
expatriate oil workers. There were also about 12, 770 cases of
vandalism, particularly of oil pipelines and installations,
recorded in Nigeria between 2000 and 2007 with most of them
occurring in the Niger Delta. The implications of the Niger Delta
crises are too far-reaching to be ignored: for the inhabitants of
this area, there are constant environmental hazards and security
threat, while for the Nigerian government, over N150.5bn in revenue
was lost in eight years; there was also a drop of more than 20% in
oil exports between April 2006 and October 2007. The concern of the
research was why the escalation of conflicts rather than abatement
between host communities and oil companies while the companies had
in place community relations strategies to manage the conflicts in
the communities?
General
Imprint: |
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2013 |
First published: |
November 2013 |
Authors: |
Lanre Amodu
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
404 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-659-47113-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social issues >
General
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LSN: |
3-659-47113-5 |
Barcode: |
9783659471131 |
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