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Nigeria's Niger Delta - Militancy, Amnesty, and the Postamnesty Environment (Hardcover)
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Nigeria's Niger Delta - Militancy, Amnesty, and the Postamnesty Environment (Hardcover)
Series: African Governance, Development, and Leadership
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The problems and challenges of the Niger Delta predate Nigeria as a
Republic. The resultant violence can be traced to 1966, when the
late Isaac Boro and his colleagues attempted to secede from Nigeria
due, in large part, to the underdevelopment of the region.
Historical reality aside, since 1970 oil has displaced agriculture
as Nigeria's primary revenue earner and it has, for the last four
decades, been the nation's breadbasket. But in spite of this, the
Niger Delta remains vastly underdeveloped and has been given the
least federal presence. These deficiencies led to high
unemployment, social dislocations, youth restiveness, and
extralegalities. It was these realities that bred disaffection with
the government and the multinational oil companies and eventually,
to violent militancy. Between 2003 and 2009, it also led to low
intensity conflict between militant youths and the Nigerian
government. In the summer of 2009, however, the Nigerian government
extended an offer of presidential pardon (amnesty) to the
militants. The amnesty program was intended to bring peace and
quiet to the region. However, this has not been the case. In spite
of the financial and political resources that have been expended,
the region continues on the path of volatility. This book looks at
the issue of nationhood, the cause and cost of the crisis, past
approaches and current efforts at solving the crisis. In addition,
it offers a tenable solution to the decades-old crisis.
Furthermore, the case is made that unless there is a fundamental
restructuring of the Nigerian state and its governing structure and
institutions, the problems of the region-and the larger problems
that makes the country such a difficult to place to live in and
govern, is likely to continue.
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