TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page
Approval page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Table of contents
List of Tables
List of Figure
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Objectives of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 Literature review
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
3.1 Theoretical Framework
3.2 Hypotheses
3.3 Method of data collection
3.4 Method of data analysis
3.5 Research design
3.6 Validity and reliability of data
CHAPTER FOUR: DISARMAMENT OF MILITANTS AND CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA
4.1. The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
4.2 Niger Delta People and their Environment
4.3. State’s Response
4.4. Disarmament of Niger Delta Militants
4.5. Disarmament of Militants and Crude Oil Production in Nigeria
CHAPTER FIVE: DEMOBILIZATION OF MILITANTS AND KIDNAPPING IN THE NIGER DELTA
5.1. Genesis of Armed Militants in Niger Delta
5.2. Structures of Injustice and Militancy in the Niger Delta
5.2.1. Kidnapping
5.2.2. Kidnapping in the Niger Delta
5.3. Demobilization of the Militants
5.3.1. Demobilization
5.3.2. The Demobilisation Programme at the Obubra camp
5.3.3. Post Demobilization of Militants in Niger Delta
CHAPTER SIX: REINTEGRATION OF THE MILITANTS AND OIL PIPELINE VANDALISM
6.1. Oil and the Nigerian state
6.1.1 Oil industry operations in Niger Delta
6.1.2 Oil pipeline vandalization
6.1.3 Historical factors leading to vandalization
6.1.4 Actors
6.2 Reintegration of the militants
6.2.1 Post reintegration Niger Delta
CHAPTER SEVEN: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
7.1 Summary
7.2 Conclusions
7.3 Recommendations
Bibliography
Abstract
The Niger Delta – the geographical heart of oil production in Nigeria has been a breeding ground for militants for some years now. This is because the discovery of oil and its exploitation has ushered in a miserable, undisciplined, decrepit, and corrupt form of ‘petro-capitalism’ which produces conflict accelerating factors. Devastated by the ecological costs of oil spillage and underdevelopment, the Niger Delta has become a centre of violence. In an attempt to solve the Niger Delta crises, the Federal Government recently introduced the policy of amnesty to militants as the solution to the Niger Delta Crises. The study assessed the Amnesty Programme which is basically a Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) to the Niger Delta militants and effect on national security. Utilizing the theory of the post-colonial state, the study argued that the amnesty programme to the Niger Delta militants was basically oriented towards enhancing the security situation in the Niger Delta region for the purpose of increasing crude oil production. Employing qualitative method and relying on secondary sources, relevant data were generated and analyzed using qualitative descriptive method. The study therefore contended that there was nexus between the Amnesty Programme to the Niger Delta militants and increased in crude oil production in Nigeria. Arising from these therefore, it is our recommendation that the federal government should urgently and comprehensively tackle the underlying economic and social problems of the Niger Delta region so as to prevent a relapse into crises.
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Prior to the advent of commercial oil production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in 1958, the region was essentially a pristine environment which supported substantial subsistence resources for the mostly sedentary population. The region accounted for a large percentage of Nigeria’s commercial fisheries industry (Afinotan, 2009). For centuries therefore, the people of the Niger Delta were content to engage in farming, fishing and such other endeavours like pottery, mat-making and hunting, unaware that underneath their soil was one of nature’s most prized mineral resources.
Crude oil was discovered in the Niger Delta over fifty years ago, with the discovery of oil in Oloibiri in 1956 by Shell Petroleum Development Company (Aaron and George, 2010). Since, oil has become the main stay of the Nigerian Economy, contributing over 90 percent of foreign exchange earnings of the government, it is surprising that the trajectory of constitutional development, socio-economic development and class formation have been massively influenced and dictated by the politics of oil (Owugah, 1999). While the Nigerian State may see the availability of the crude resources as a ‘Blessing’ and a source of pre-eminence in the global market place, the communities where this crude resource is endowed with, see it as a ‘Curse’.
This is because the massive exploitation of crude oil creates serious developmental, social and environmental problems which the Nigerian state and the collaborative oil giants have neglected for a long time (Omotola, 2006). Lamenting about this state of affairs, Owugah (1999:106) observes that “The oil which brought so much wealth to the nation and those in....
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