Perspective: Big Oil, Rural Poverty, and Environmental Degradation in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. K. Aaron
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Niger Delta Region

scholarly journals Black November: Interrogating The Niger Delta Question

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Chukwuma Anyanwu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Nigerian Government

The paper interrogates the thematic preoccupations of Jeta Amata’s Black November on the vexed issues of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. The issues bordering on the quest for emancipation from injustice, environmental degradation, deprivation, inhuman treatment, negligence, are at the nexus of the agitations and militancy in the region. It draws inferences from what the movie overlooked and what it portrayed such as the failure of dialogue births violence. The objective is to highlight the problems in the Niger Delta and give credence to the thematic concerns raised by the director. Based on Relative Deprivation Theory (RDT), which sees violence as a product of frustration borne out of depriving people of their rights, denial of justice; a sense of oppression sets in that then leads to reactions that may be violent. The method adopted is descriptive analysis.  Findings reveal that the Niger Delta region is much misunderstood, abused and betrayed by its own people, the media, Nigerian government, oil multinationals and the world at large.  It concludes that the misunderstanding is largely a product of media misinformation and that of ignorance on the part of stakeholders and that the filmmaker succeeded in getting his message across.

scholarly journals Despoliated Ecosystem and the Exploited Woman: Victims or Volunteers? A Reading of Kaine Agary’s Yellow-Yellow

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Uchenna Ohagwam
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
Speaking Up ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Oil Corporations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Web

The horrendous situation in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is gradually producing a rich and enduring literature, which paints a vivid picture of the trauma of living in that part of the world. Playwrights, poets, dramatists and literary critics have all lent their contributions in a determined effort at speaking up against the enormity of the environmental degradation in the region; a tragedy brought about by the insensitive exploitation of the region’s natural resources by multinational oil corporations. This study seeks to examine Kaine Agary’s perspective towards the problem as captured in her fictional work, Yellow-Yellow, with focus on the heavy toll it takes on the woman. The dilemma of being caught in the web of either a victim or a volunteer, compels the woman to either dependency or independence. Thus, the paper concludes by making a case for economic independence and argues that it is the surest security for women, especially, the Niger Delta woman.

Theatre and Leadership Crises

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Hussaini Umaru Tsaku
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Face

One major crisis that has hit this country in the face for a long time is the Niger Delta crisis. The environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, poverty, unemployment, among others have become recurrent decimals and issues of serious concern to scholars, organizations, interest groups, and spirited individuals over the years. These issues have led to the emergence of violent crises with their attendant consequences on human life and the environment. Hence, the chapter focuses on the Niger Delta crises. It tries to analyze the socio-political and economic problems that have characterized the region over the years. It discusses the challenges and paradoxes of leadership in Nigeria's democratic space and how they have contributed negatively in fueling the crisis in the Niger Delta region of the country.

Risk Management and Regulatory Failure in the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria: Reflections on the Impact of Environmental Degradation in the Niger Delta Region

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Ejoor Agbonifo
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Regulatory Failure ◽  
The Impact

Risk management practice and effective policy intervention are critical to achieve stable environment and sustainable development. They are mechanisms for environmental management, environmental sustainability and sustainable community development for the people of the Niger Delta region. Informed by intuitive insights on the large scale of degradation in the Niger Delta, theoretical analysis of extant literature and content analysis of field interview/observation, this paper identified poor environmental risk management and regulatory failure as the bane of environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region. Why has regulatory agencies failed to protect communities against the impacts of environmental degradation and other consequences of oil and gas exploration activities? While there are enough legal and regulatory frameworks, however, weak enforcement and poor implementation of the existing regulations provides fertile ground for environmental degradation to persist. Thus, this article analyses some of the salient environmental issues as well as the regulatory and risk management failures in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. It concludes that failure to carry out effective regulations and oversight in the oil and gas industry have resulted in environmental degradation (oil spills and gas flaring), contamination of water for fishing and farming activities, dispossession of rural farmers from their means of livelihood, poverty, migration and food shortages in the Niger Delta.

scholarly journals Health risks from environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Adekola ◽  
Moira Fischbacher-Smith ◽  
Denis Fischbacher-Smith ◽  
Olalekan Adekola
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
The Impact

Local communities within oil producing countries in Africa often face formidable environmental challenges that generate conflicts and concerns around exploitation, environmental impact, and health risks. A key feature of these concerns has been the paucity of effective risk communication mechanisms and the impact this has on the public understanding of risk. Risk communication has been identified as a significant factor in explaining why the health consequences of environmental degradation remain unabated in oil producing communities. This paper evaluates health risk communication in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study is based on 69 interviews conducted in the Niger Delta region. The paper argues that the health of the local population is being impaired by risk incidences relating to oil and gas exploration activities, the effects of which are amplified by inadequate communication of health risks to the public. The study argues for and suggests ways in which health risk communication processes can be improved in the Niger Delta. A multi-dimensional framework for public health risk communication is developed as a means of advancing understanding, practice, and policy.

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