24Jul 2017

INDIGENOUS OPINIONS FOR ACHIEVING JUSTICE AND ENDURING PEACE IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA.

  • Senior Research Fellow/Acting Director of Research: Centre for Population and Environmental Development, Benin City, BS-1 and SM-2, Ugbowo Shopping Complex, EDPA Housing Estate, P. O. Box 10085, Ugbowo Post Office, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
  • Research Officer: Centre for Population and Environmental Development, Benin City, BS-1 and SM-2, Ugbowo Shopping Complex, EDPA Housing Estate, P. O. Box 10085, Ugbowo Post Office, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
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Objective: The Niger Delta area of Nigeria for decades after oil exploration still remained one of the least developed regions in the country. Several attempts have been made by the Federal Government of the nation to bring about peace in the region. Despites the various developmental initiatives put in place by the Federal Government and the oil companies, restiveness and agitations by the people in the area have continued unabated. Thus, this study critically examined the indigenous opinions for achieving justice and enduring peace in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Design: The study was carried out using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to generate relevant data for the research with 75 persons as participants in the in-depth interview and 40 participants who took part in the focus group discussions in four Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Result: Results from the study revealed that the desired expectations of the people in the region which will bring about justice and peace include: institutional/constitutional economic/inclusiveness participation demands; Infrastructural demands and Oil companies/Federal Government behavioral Change demands. Recommendations: The paper recommends that in order to achieve enduring peace in the region, demands of the people should be taken seriously by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Oil Companies with an action plan immediately put in place to addressing the aspirations of the people of Niger Delta if justice and peace is to be part of the region

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[Johnson Egbemudia Dudu and Imongan Ernest Omokhoa. (2017); INDIGENOUS OPINIONS FOR ACHIEVING JUSTICE AND ENDURING PEACE IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 1313-1325] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Johnson Egbemudia Dudu
Senior Research Fellow/Acting Director of Research: Centre for Population and Environmental Development, Benin City, BS-1 and SM-2, Ugbowo Shopping Complex, EDPA Housing Estate, P. O. Box 10085, Ugbowo Post Office, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4842      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4842

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