The Rentier State: Oil-related Legislation And Conflict In The Niger Delta, Nigeria

Omeje, Kenneth

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“…Although several other Niger Delta studies have identified each of these factors as potentially sexual risk variables (Akani et al, 2006; Ejele et al, 2004; Nwauche & Akani, 2006a, 2006b; Omorodion, 2004; 2006), our study suggests that none of the factors by themselves are solely responsible for the epidemic in the region. Their interaction, however, can result in gender inequality, social challenges, and economic need, and sexual risk-taking behavior (Aaron, 2005; Akpan, 2006; Omeje, 2005a; 2005b; Udoh, 2006; Udonwa et al, 2004). This situation describes the context of a mature epidemic which continues to be propelled by an interaction of specific micro- and macro-level economic processes (Carlson, 1996; Gaffeo, 2003, p. 32).…”

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Potential pathways to HIV/AIDS transmission in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: poverty, migration and commercial sex

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HIV prevalence in the Niger Delta of Nigeria is generally attributed to concurrent sexual partnerships and weak public sector health care and education systems. This paper examines the likelihood of additional factors, such as the intersection of widespread poverty, migration, and sex work, as contributory channels of HIV transmission in the region. To explore this issue, we conducted a Delphi survey with 27 experts to formulate consensus about the impact of poverty, migration, and commercial sex on AIDS in the Niger Delta. Results suggest that these factors and others have exacerbated the epidemic in the region. To stop the further spread of HIV in the region, efforts to address poverty, sex work, and multiple sexual partnerships require building a public-private partnership which involves participatory action strategies among key stakeholders.

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Potential pathways to HIV/AIDS transmission in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: poverty, migration and commercial sex

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“…2 Existing environmental legislation provides loopholes which enable offending oil companies to escape legal responsibility for pollution, do not provide compensation rates for oil-related damages to non-traded subject matters, limit compensation for land appropriation to investments, and provide for compensation rates that are far below actual market values (World Bank, 1995;Frynas, 2000, pp. 84-85, 96;Omeje, 2006;Oyefusi, 2007). These and the lack of enforcement prejudiced the administration of justice in favour of oil companies and at the expense of host communities (Frynas, 2000, p. 92).…”

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“…After the civil war (1967)(1968)(1969)(1970), however, the military government began a process of centralizing oil revenues, which was to the disadvantage of the oil-producing states. In addition, the state employed the instrumentality of rule making to entrench and advance its rent-seeking interests in relation to the Niger Delta (Ogbnigwe, 1996;Omeje, 2006). As the authors argue, apart from introducing legislations that transferred property rights to mineral resources from local communities to itself, it failed to create and invest in the needed institutional capacity required to regulate the activities of multinational companies in the area of environmental practices, social responsibility, and compensations for land alienation and environmental damages.…”

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Trust and the Breakdown of Civil Order in Nigeria's Delta Region: Evidence from Historical Conflict Episodes

Oyefusi

2009

The Round Table

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This article examines the concept of trust in the context of resource extraction, focusing on the moral and statutory responsibilities of the state, extractive firms, and host communities, and using Nigeria's Niger Delta as a case study. It attributes ongoing oil-related unrest to the breakdown of trust between these parties. Using a combination of primary and secondary data, it links outbreaks of violence to the failure of the state to foster development, create an enabling environment for economic growth in communities, and build rational institutions for peaceful and sustainable resource extraction; oil companies' exploitation of weaknesses in existing institutional arrangements to promote selfish interests; communities' almost-total dependence on companies for the provision of public goods and employment; and the collapse of trust between communities and between various groups and individuals in the region. To address conflict outbreaks, restore and build trust between parties, it recommends some institutional reforms and policy changes in the oil industry and beyond.

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“…Haram insurgency, like many others before it (Ogundiya 2009;Omeje 2009), is deeply rooted in a legacy of gross deprivation, violations of human rights and social dislocation that is most acute in the north-eastern part of the country. Danjibo points out that while religious fundamentalism plays an important part in the emergence of groups like the Boko Haram in Nigeria, it would be wrong to limit its causation to this.…”

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Harvest of violence: the neglect of basic rights and theBoko Haraminsurgency in Nigeria

Yusuf

2013

Critical Studies on Terrorism

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Drawing on the core commitments of Critical Terrorism Studies, and mostly, the ethic of emancipation, this article focuses on the Boko Haram insurgency to investigate recurring violent conflict in Nigeria. It identifies a governance gap not adverted to in the official narrative which has led to gross discontent at the lower levels of the society. The governance gap has created fertile breeding grounds for the recruitment of disillusioned youths who are easily mobilised to violence and lately, insurgency. There are normative and pragmatic reasons to adopt and prioritise social welfare through the implementation of economic, social and cultural obligations and due-process rights as a viable approach to at least reducing the spate of violence in the country. The discussion has relevance for resolving situations of violence and conflict in sub-Sahara Africa in particular and elsewhere in the developing world.

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The Rentier State: Oil-related Legislation And Conflict In The Niger Delta, Nigeria

Cited by 35 publications

References 6 publications

Potential pathways to HIV/AIDS transmission in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: poverty, migration and commercial sex

Potential pathways to HIV/AIDS transmission in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: poverty, migration and commercial sex

Trust and the Breakdown of Civil Order in Nigeria's Delta Region: Evidence from Historical Conflict Episodes

Harvest of violence: the neglect of basic rights and theBoko Haraminsurgency in Nigeria

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