NWANEKWE VALENTINE CHUKWUEMEKA
Department of Political Science,
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo.
Ebonyi state, Nigeria
&
OMEBE MATTEW AMUCHE (Ph.D.)
Department of Political Science,
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo.
Ebonyi state, Nigeria.
Abstract.
This article X-rayed the lingering conflicts and crises in the Niger Delta directly linked to the nefarious activities of the militants fighting for resource control and the liberation of the Niger Delta. It was discovered that this was borne out of the nonchalance of the custodian of state power in Nigeria, which have converted the entire Niger Delta into a wilderness of unconscionable kleptomania and epicenter of corruption resulting to lost of lives and economic resources and a threat to Nigerian economy and her nascent democracy. This article thus gave an overview of the entire Niger Delta, its enormous contribution to the Nigerian State, the crux of the problem, government effort and the prospects of the problem under investigation. This work thus recommends the need for the oil companies to take charge of their social responsibilities. And the need for the government on their own part to provide much needed infrastructural facilities for the oil producing communities
Keywords: Niger Delta, Cooperative existence, Economy and Democracy.
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