03909nam 2200433 450 991081030600332120180719131135.01-4985-4293-X1-4985-4294-8(CKB)3710000000971282(MiAaPQ)EBC4772392(EXLCZ)99371000000097128220170110h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierNigeria's Niger Delta militancy, amnesty, and the postamnesty environment /Sabella Ogbobode AbiddeLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2017.©20171 online resource (225 pages)African Governance and DevelopmentIncludes bibliographical references and index.pt. ISITUATING THE REPUBLIC AND THE CRISIS --1.Nigeria: The State and Its Institutions --2.Situating the Niger Delta Crisis, 2003-2015 --3.Underdevelopment and the Glaring Reality of the Niger Delta, 1999-2009 --4.The U.S. and EU's Foreign Policy in the Region --pt. IITHE AMNESTY AND POST-AMNESTY ENVIRONMENT --5.The Human, Economic, and Material Cost of the Conflict --6.Personalities and Their Motives: A Conversation with Henry Okah --7.The Presidential Amnesty Program --8.The Post-Amnesty Environment --pt. IIIPOLICY, POLICY STATEMENT, AND THE FUTURE --9.Sustainable or Fractured Peace --10.Nigeria and the Future of the Niger Delta --11.Policy Statements: Rethinking the Solutions.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. --publisher's website.African governance and development.Petroleum industry and tradePolitical aspectsNigeriaNiger River DeltaNiger River Delta (Nigeria)Politics and governmentPetroleum industry and tradePolitical aspects966.2Abidde Sabella Ogbobode1070664MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810306003321Nigeria's Niger Delta3976459UNINA