Insecurity in the Niger Delta and the US-Nigeria Bi-National Commission(1999-2010)
Abstract:
The study examined how the policies and politics of the Nigerian state and the transnational oil companies have impacted negatively on the lives and environment of the people in the oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta. It looked into how this, in turn, led to the emergence of armed agitators and insecurity in the Delta region. Also, the study took a critical look at the various attempts to mitigate the conflict in the region such as the creation of various commissions and the programs. It paid special attention to the US-Nigeria Bi-national Commission. Qualitative (descriptive) method was used to analyze data from the literature on the Niger Delta. Data were extracted from secondary sources such as books, journals, seminar papers and public lectures using content analysis. The major finding of the study was that the crisis in the region is political in nature and the root cause of the present insecurity in the region lies in the policies of the Nigerian state towards the oil and gas sector and the host communities. The study showed that there was very little that the US-Nigeria Bi-national Commission could do in mitigating the insecurity in the region because the state is at the root of the crisis. This study therefore recommends that the certain laws such as the Land Use Act of 2004 must be abrogated and the peoples’ rights to land and other natural resources restored.ORDER COMPLETE MATERIAL (CHAPTER 1-5)
