Two Oils, One Evil
An Appraisal of Contemporary Dilemma of the Indigenous Population of Nigeria’s Oil-Delta Communities, 1956-2019
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14956830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Okoro Ukaogo (0000-0002-3282-4288, University of Nigeria), Nwakuya Cecilia Ogechi (University of Nigeria) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0975-2935 • E-ISSN: 0975-2935 |
| Publisher | Aesthetics Media Services (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21659/rupkatha.v12n5.rioc1s32n3 |
| OpenAlex | W3110720755 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
This study examines the processes of economic transition and the corresponding impact on the Niger-Delta communities. It argues that the region has witnessed several epochs of economic transition; all of which came with damning consequences. While the major focus of the study is the change from palm oil to crude oil (two oils), the study explores the curious linkage between economic transitions, contemporary poverty and environmental violence in the region (one evil). The integration of the region into the vortex of oil globalization has paradoxically and inversely increased the poverty amongst the rural poor. The study argues that while the ‘oily debacle’ yield endless violence against the indigenous population, issues of environmental governance exacerbates. This is evidenced in the government’s militarized mediation strategies that worsen the prospects of peace in the enclave. Typical of ‘resource curse’ philosophy, the wealth from crude oil that should improve the lot of the rural poor has directly shut them out of the expected benefits of oil extraction. The study investigates and avers that the unholy alliance between the State and global capital is a challenge and concludes that capitalist exploitation of the region on account of crude oil explains the contemporary dilemma of the indigenous population
Development economics · Dilemma · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Indigenous · Natural resource · Political economy · Political science · Population · Poverty · Resource curse · Sociology · Economic Growth and Development · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · World Systems and Global Transformations
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |