The Niger Delta Crisis In Nigeria: Issues, Challenges And Prospects
Keywords:
corporate social responsibility, ethnic militia, oil wealth, Niger DeltaAbstract
This study was designed to appraise systematically the Niger Delta Crisis in Nigeria and to proffer possible solutions. Making use of library research and content analysis methodologies, the paper detailed in a systematic manner the real issues involved in the struggle, from the perspectives of the Nigerian State, the Niger Delta communities, and the oil Companies. The paper identified and analysed the major challenges posed by this crisis to the Nigerian State. It concluded that in spite of the continuing deterioration of the crisis into anarchy, terror and a revolving criminality, and the militarization of the region by the Nigerian state, the conflict can still be amicably resolved. It recommended among other things that the commitment of government to infrastructural development of the region and corporate social responsibility would bring enduring peace and stability.
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