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JEREMIAH Samuel Okon, UNACHUKWU Ugochukwu Vitus, LAGI Theophilus D, and IRABOR Beatrice Isi. "Impact of militancy on human security in Niger delta: Evidence from food and environmental security." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 16, no. 2 (November 30, 2022): 514–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1213.
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The inability to maximise the potential of nature in the Niger Delta; air pollution, unsafe drinking water, low yield of crops due to endless oil spillage and a threatened aquatic system mostly occasioned by the menace of Niger Delta militancy constitute threats to threats, fear and lack to individual wellbeing in the Delta region and this negates the narrative of human security. It is against this background, that this study leverages on relative deprivation theory to investigate the impact of food and environmental security on human security Niger Delta, Nigeria. The study measured human security with food security and environmental security. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and primary data were collected with the aid of questionnaire designed in a four Likert scale manner to extract information from purposively selected flashpoints of militancy in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria. The population of the study is 5,378,500. This study engages Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) scientific sampling technique determination which recommends a sample size of 384 for a population above a million. Ordinary least square regression analysis was employed to analyse the data. The study revealed that food and environmental security have negative significant impact on human security in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria. Based on these findings, the study concludes that a threatened food and environmental security predict human insecurity in Niger Delta, Nigeria. If food security and environmental security is assured and improved, then human security will be on a strong footing in the volatile region of Niger Delta. The study recommends that Federal and State Government should spend more on these critical platforms that explains human security by focusing on good governance as against militarization of the Niger Delta region.
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Onyema, Lawrence, Agbeche Aaron, Odili Pope, and Amadi Subai. "CORPORATE FORESIGHT AND ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY OF OIL SERVICING COMPANIES IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION, SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA." Journal of Strategic Management 5, no. 2 (October 26, 2020): 12–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.47672/jsm.599.
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Purpose: The main purpose for this research was to determine the degree at which oil servicing companies’ corporate foresight in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria influences the firm’s sustainability in that region and how the firms are able to take advantage of future competitive advantages.
Methodology: This research adopts the descriptive survey design with the application of simple random sampling technique. Questionnaires were the primary means for gathering data from the employees in the oil servicing industry. A total of one hundred and fifty four questionnaires were administered to the senior staff in the selected oil servicing companies in Niger Delta region. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive and correlational analysis and supported with statistical package for social science (SPSS).
Findings: organizational sustainability in oil servicing companies in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria with emphases to the measures of sustainability like social, environmental and economic.
Unique contribution: The study gave useful perception of oil companies by stating that oil companies’ personnel or managers who are future oriented are the wheel upon which the companies’ future depends.
Keywords: Corporate -Foresight, Organizational-Sustainability, Expert-based Foresight, Model-Based Foresight, Trend-Based Foresight, Environmental, Economic and Social.
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Ayanlade, Ayansina, and Michael T. Howard. "Environmental impacts of oil production in the Niger Delta: remote sensing and social survey examination." African Geographical Review 35, no. 3 (August 22, 2016): 272–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2016.1209121.
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Sakib, S. M. Nazmuz. "The Impact of Oil and Gas Development on the Landscape and Surface in Nigeria." Asian Pacific Journal of Environment and Cancer 4, no. 1 (October 2, 2021): 9–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/apjec.2021.4.1.9-17.
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This writing will focus on the impact on the impact of oil and gas development on the landscape, surface water and groundwater of the Niger Delta – while also assessing the various means of remediation in use. Geologically, the Niger Delta petroleum systems consist of Lower Cretaceous , Upper Cretaceous–lower Paleocene and Tertiary. When Nigeria became an independent nation on 1 October 1960, Shell–BP began to relinquish its acreage and its exploration licenses were converted into prospecting licenses that allowed development and production. The Federal Government of Nigeria started its Department of Petroleum Resources Inspectorate in 1970 and Nigeria joined the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in 1971. – and in order to take control of the country’s petroleum industry, Nigeria nationalized BP’s holding completely in 1979, and Shell–BP became Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria. Oil spillages routinely occur in the Niger Delta. The official figures of SPDC show that between 1976 and 2001, 6,187 incidents in which 3 million barrels were spilled. The Niger Delta Environmental Survey An impact assessment of the 1983 Oshika oil spill. Spills of crude oil in Niger Delta farmlands have been reported since 1971. In general, toxicity depends on nature and type of crude oil , level of oil contamination, type of environment and degree of selective of individual organisms. Controlled burning effectively reduce the amount of oil in water, if done properly but it must be done in low wind and can cause air pollution. A principal target for emissions reduction is flaring and venting which causes most of the air pollution. Saltwater tanks can be often susceptible to lightning strikes due to build up in static electricity, with the spilled oil spreading to surrounding lands, waterways. This requires a secondary containment of the tanks that makes it easier to clean up the inevitable spill. In cases of expected major storms or flooding events, crude oil can be removed from tank batteries while refilling the tanks with saltwater to prevent them tipping over during the flooding event.
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Donatus Anayo, Okpara. "Unsustainable monitoring of environmental pollutants, post UNEP report: The effects of leachates on Niger Delta Eco-zones, Nigeria." E3S Web of Conferences 211 (2020): 03010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202021103010.
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This expository study revealed the continuum impact of unsustainable monitoring of environmental pollutants (oil-spills and leachates) nearly a decade after UNEP impact assessment report on Ogoniland and Niger Delta eco-zones. The background is focused on pollutants that have continued threats to the environment and ecologically sensitive areas in the region. It infers the dimensions and dynamics of management failures and poor attitude towards environmental policy implementations. A structured questionnaire was adopted using an online survey approach. The target audience includes academicians, undergraduates, and postgraduates. The majority are from Niger Delta, the region where this research was carried out. An online questionnaire was sent across to 30 respondents through e-mail and others, due to Covid-19 restrictions. Their feedback was processed, analysed, and presented in graphics. We found pollution contributions to the mangrove forest to be 47%, oil exploration 77%. The effects were more on soil, water, and air quality. The water bodies are constantly losing the variety of its resources caused by the release of untreated leachates, industrial waste, and petrochemicals. A rather deteriorating fate lies ahead of the people as population increases, and environmental policies and monitoring seem ineffective. The study will be beneficial to the government, policymakers, waste agencies, researchers, etc.
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Eli, H. D., and P. A. Bariweni. "Effects of Seasonal Characteristics of Kolo Creek Flooding on Farm-Plot Sizes in Central Niger Delta, Nigeria." Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management 24, no. 5 (June 24, 2020): 857–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v24i5.20.
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Perennial flooding is a known environmental hazard in many parts of the Niger Delta. Concern about flooding increases when places of importance to man, such as farmlands and settlements, and food supply systems are affected. This study assessed the effect of Seasonal Characteristics of Kolo Creek flooding on farm-plot sizes and crop production during the flood and non – flood seasons. A direct contact survey methodology was employed to measure farm-plot sizes and their extent of inundation during flood and non – flood seasons, and 400 randomly selected farmers along the Kolo Creek, Central Niger Delta were interviewed with a semi – structured questionnaire. Results from the study showed a mean farm-plot size of 0.51±0.00 (Ha) during the non-flood period and 0.10±0.00 (Ha) during the flood period. The results obtained from the study also indicated that only 20.93% of the farm-plots available during the non – flood period was available for farming during the flood period; more than half of the farmlands of about 88.50% of the farmers was seasonally inundated by flood and only 1.75% of the farmers had less than half of the farmlands under the floodwaters. Although farmers adapted by owning many – but – small farm-plots, they cultivated only a few varieties of crops, most of which were not flood tolerant. The study concluded that Kolo Creek flooding greatly reduced farm-plot sizes and therefore recommended the planting of more flood-tolerant crops to maximize use of land and improve crop productivity in the area.
Keywords: Seasonal flooding, farm-plot sizes, Kolo Creek, Niger Delta
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Akpojaro, Jackson, and Chukwuemeka Ugwu Ihesiene. "AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL AIDS IN THE NIGER DELTA RURAL COMMUNITIES." Australian Journal of Business and Management Research 04, no. 11 (March 8, 2015): 01–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.52283/nswrca.ajbmr.20150411a01.
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In this paper, we examine the key factors inhibiting effective delivery of international donor-aided interventions in the Niger Delta rural communities from the beneficiaries. We review current intervention issues and challenges with a view to recommending deliberate steps towards ensuring effectiveness in implementation. This study captures survey data from 70 randomly selected rural projects located in the Niger Delta region. The simple percentages, Analysis of Variance and Chi-Square were used in the statistical analysis to predict factors challenging intervention effectiveness by measures of: human capacity deficiency, defective delivery framework, corruption, environmental, policy, and funding problems. The research result identifies defective delivery framework as the most inhibiting factor against effective use of aid in rural communities. Other critical factors in their descending order of gravity include funding, corruption, human capacity, policy and environmental problems. Stakeholders should take urgent steps towards dealing with these factors which inhibit effective intervention delivery through beneficiary-based intervention framework, frantic war against corrupt practices, integration of monitoring and evaluation units (MEU) of local governments, alignment of interventions to national development plan, maintenance of intervention databases to reduce duplication of efforts, and establishment of aid management offices (AMOs) at all levels of government. Therefore, this paper is relevant and of interest to international donor agencies, researchers, policy makers, beneficiaries and other stakeholders of sustainable rural development.
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Chinyere L., Igwenagu, Uko Etim D, Tamunobereton -Ari I., and Amakiri Arobo R.C. "THE SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES IN KOCR FIELD IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA, USING 3D SEISMIC TIMELAPSE DATA." GEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR 5, no. 1 (December 4, 2020): 07–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/gbr.01.2021.07.12.
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The subsurface structures in KOCR Field, in the Coastal Swamp Niger Delta, Nigeria, are here presented, using seismic 3D timelapse. The KOCR Field lies on latitudes 4o50’58’’-4o55’19’’N and longitudes 6o18’41’’- 6o26’41’’E with aerial extent of 840km2. The base (1997) and the monitor (2009) seismic surveys resulted in a 4D response difference. The Base and Monitor data have a root-mean-square repeatability ratio (RRR) of 0.38 implying a very good repeatability when considering the acquisition, processing and environmental noises. Data processing and interpretation were carried out using Petrel software. The average thickness of the reservoir is about 69m at the depth of 3932m. Reservoir pressure decline rate of 0.062psi/day resulted in production decline rate of 1192.21bbl/day. Structural interpretation of seismic data reveals a highly-faulted field. Fault and horizon interpretation shows closures that are collapsed crestal structures. All the interpreted faults are normal synthetic and antithetic faults which are common in the Niger Delta basin. The lengths, dips and orientations of the faults and horizons, in the base and monitor stacks, are equal indicative of no faults reactivation that could have resulted from hydrocarbon production. The results of this work can be used in reservoir, field and environmental management in the area of study.
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Oyerinde, Oyeleke Oluwaseun. "Renewable Energy Penetration in Warri Metropolis." European Journal of Environment and Earth Sciences 2, no. 2 (March 30, 2021): 19–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejgeo.2021.2.2.122.
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Energy plays an important role in the economic growth, development and security of any nation. Despite having abundant supply of both renewable and nonrenewable energy resources, Nigeria still experiences acute shortage of energy supply to its populace. Currently, the country depends largely on its fossil fuels derived from the Niger Delta region with attendant negative environmental impacts in the area. It is advocated that a switch to renewable sources will eradicate or at least ameliorate some of the environmental challenges. This study attempts to gauge the feasibility and potential of renewable energy (RE) to become a substitute or at the minimum a significant complement to fossil fuels in Nigeria with focus on Niger Delta. As such, attempt is made to assess the current degree of penetration of RE by measuring the level of awareness and utilization as well as identifying factors affecting utilization in the region using Warri metropolis as a case study. 232 survey questionnaires was deployed in the four local government areas - Okpe, Udu, Uvwie and Ughelli-North - that makes up the metropolis across households, commercial ventures and industries with 180 retrieved. Results show that awareness is highest among households at 66% and lowest for commercial ventures and industry at 30%. Utilization was generally low at 23% across households while none of the commercial ventures and industries sampled utilizes RE with most citing cost of installation and maintenance viz a viz their power requirement as a major factor. ANOVA shows there is no significant difference in behavior across locations while chi square test affirms that RE utilization is a function of awareness. Outcome points to need for greater awareness campaign and cost reduction of RE technologies.
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Veta, Oghenechoja Dennis. "Participation in Community Development Micro Projects in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Implications for Social Work Education and Practice." International Journal of Community and Social Development 3, no. 4 (November 29, 2021): 335–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25166026211054614.
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This study sought to investigate factors militating against community participation in development projects executed under the Micro Projects Programme and how to reduce such factors to the barest minimum in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study. A questionnaire, an in-depth interview (IDI) guide and a focus group discussion (FGD) guide were used for data collection. Borehole water, generator-house, health centres, staff quarters and markets were the projects executed. Inadequate devolution of power to the grassroots, among others, was the major problem that hindered involvement of community members in the development process of the Micro Projects Programme in the study areas. To enhance active participation of beneficiaries in the development process of the programme, suggestions are proffered.
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Rowland, Eteh Desmond, Abiola Abimbola Lolade, Digha Opaminola Nicholas, Alfred Wilson Opukumo, and Francis Omonefe. "The Environmental Impact of Shoreline Changes and Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection in the Niger Delta Region using Geospatial Technology." Journal of Asian Scientific Research 12, no. 4 (November 7, 2022): 237–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.55493/5003.v12i4.4650.
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Managing resources in marine areas necessitates a thorough understanding of coastal processes. This study examines the changes to the shoreline between 1990 and 2021 and assesses how those changes have impacted land use and land cover (LULC). In Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, over a period of 31 years, shoreline changes in the Ikoli River, River Nun, and Oxbow Lake revealed notable oscillations caused by erosion. In particular, band ratios are used to classify LULC maps for each district across the relevant years. The shoreline along the River Nun ranges from 31% to 35%, with 2013 being the highest; along the Ikoli River, it is 33% to 35%, with 2021 being the highest; and along Oxbow Lake, it is 21% to 35%, with 2021 being the highest, according to accurate evaluations of the United States Geological Survey datasets using ArcGIS software. Due to sand mining, boat traffic, heavy rain, fish farming, and oil and gas operations in the area, LULC predicts a sharp decline in vegetation and bare land from 1990 to 2021 and an increase in built-up areas and waterbodies. The socioeconomic risk from environmental stressors and climate change is identified by LULC. Geospatial is useful in coastal defenses and sustainable landuse strategies.
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C.O., Okwelum. "Monetary Compensation in Pollution Litigation in Nigeria: How Adequate?" Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary Studies 1, no. 3 (January 23, 2023): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.52589/jarms-rzpc8ihj.
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Since the discovery of oil in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, there has been a steady increase in conflict between the communities hosting the multinational oil companies and the host communities. The conflicts have found expression in court disputes over the years. The dominant claims in these disputes are usually monetary compensation. The question has continued to arise as to whether there are consistent legal frameworks to guide the disputants in the process of getting compensated for oil spillages and other collateral damages that result from the exploratory activities of these multinational oil companies. Looking at the procedural laws, who and which is more favoured: the company or the victim? This paper which adopts the doctrinal method surveys the problem of monetary compensation in litigation involving victims of oil company operations and the companies. It was found that although there are skeletal procedural principles currently in force in the area, a well-developed statutory procedure governing the space has not been enacted leaving the victims largely short-changed and the companies given leeway to escape from the direct consequences of their actions on the socio-ecological structure of the Niger-Delta. A ‘new’ law in the area is therefore advocated.
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MARCELLUS, IKEANYIBE OKEY. "THE IMPERATIVE OF INTEGRATED MINERAL AND OIL RESOURCES EXTRACTION AND MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA." Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 12, no. 01 (March 2010): 51–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1464333210003516.
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Organised mining and extraction of mineral resources began in 1903 in the Northern Protectorates and in 1904 in the Southern Protectorates of modern Nigeria with the establishment of Mineral Survey of the Northern Protectorates and the Mineral Survey of Southern Protectorates respectively, by the British colonial government. Over a century later, extraction of mineral resources in the country is still highly underdeveloped. There are great conflicts that surround oil extraction in the Niger Delta region, and Nigeria imports solid minerals which she is capable of producing domestically. The extraction of solid minerals and oil resources also calls into question issues of environmental neglect in the country. This paper provides for a descriptive analysis of Nigeria's mineral and oil resources extraction and management policy since the colonial period. It is observed that public policies in the sector have been interventionist, marginal, disjointed and elitist, and, have not properly included issues of sustainability for peace and development. Key recommendations of the paper are that public policy in the mineral and oil sector should seek to include more stringent regulations in relation to the environment, ensure equity in rent or royalty distribution especially to the host communities and develop the extraction of solid minerals with which the country is abundantly blessed.
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Onwubuariri, C. N., L. S. Al-Naimi, B. I. Ijeh, T. I. Mgbeojedo, M. U. Igboekwe, and L. A. Nnanna. "Investigation of geophysical challenges in land seismic data acquisition in Nigeria: case study of parts of the Niger Delta region." Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology 11, no. 2 (January 12, 2021): 587–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-01054-5.
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AbstractGeophysical analysis was carried out to evaluate the challenges encountered in land seismic exploration within the study area. This analysis cuts across various stages in land seismic acquisition. These stages include the following: the availability of the prospect map as originally planned by the prospect owners—the client, the desk study and planning of this map by the seismology section (planning seismologist) for acquisition convenience and the field implementation of the acquisition which the survey, drill and recording (preloading, shooting, swath move, line check, LAUX crew and recording platform) sections carried out. The challenges observed included environmental challenges, noise interference, weather conditions (statics or electrostatics interference), line break, faulty equipment, wrong detailing, cake or expired explosives, poor or compromised supervision, security and permit challenges. These challenges are peculiar to Nigeria due to inadequate implementation of policies that guide human settlements and activities. Nigeria is within the climate region where most at times it is very impossible to control natural events like cloudy weather, rainfall, thundering and lightening. As such, the problem of static charges interfering with acquired seismic data becomes inevitable, mostly during the rainy season. Almost total dependency on imported technology and lack of readily available experienced manpower also contribute to these challenges, most especially when it has to do with proper inspection of equipment and materials required for the acquisition and supervision processes. Approaches to follow to minimize the observed challenges were equally highlighted.
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Onyenekwe, Chinasa S., Uche T. Okpara, Patience I. Opata, Irene S. Egyir, and Daniel B. Sarpong. "The Triple Challenge: Food Security and Vulnerabilities of Fishing and Farming Households in Situations Characterized by Increasing Conflict, Climate Shock, and Environmental Degradation." Land 11, no. 11 (November 5, 2022): 1982. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11111982.
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As conflict, climate shocks, and land/water degradation—the “triple challenge”—continue to exert increasing pressure upon fishing and farming livelihoods in many developing countries, a need exists to better understand how differential vulnerabilities undermine or amplify food security outcomes. In this study, we investigate how vulnerability to the “triple challenge” affect food security using an in-depth case study approach that merges social statistics and quantitative data analysis. We frame vulnerability using a combination of sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity, and operationalize food security using the FAO Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), which is an experience-based measure capturing the food access dimension of food security. We draw on survey data from 252 fishing and 251 farming households in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and quantify the different components of vulnerability, deriving specific livelihood-related vulnerability scores. By merging and analyzing differential food security variables and vulnerability scores using ordered logistic models, we find that vulnerability to the “triple challenge” increases the probability of being in a severe food insecure state, particularly for households with a high dependency ratio. Parallel to this finding, we note that access to social capital and opportunities for livelihood diversification could drive gains in income, enhancing the capacity of households to attain a food-secure status in the face of recurrent instabilities. This study advances vulnerability literacy in food-insecure contexts and reveals ways to support populations on the frontline of interacting conflict, climate, and environmental crises.
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Otali, Monday, Emmanuel Achuenu, and Godwin Idoro. "Structural Equation Modelling for Establishing Empirical Relationship Between Organisational Innovativeness and Sustainability of Construction Firms in Nigeria." Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bjreecm-2021-0001.
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Abstract The quest to implement innovative practices that will lead to a high level of sustainability at the firm level within the construction sector cannot be overemphasised. The aim of this study is to establish the empirical relationship between organisational innovativeness and sustainability of construction firms using a structural equation modelling approach. The study has adopted a survey approach and 1179 copies of structured questionnaire have been administered to construction firm representatives. A total of valid 980 copies of questionnaire have been received giving a response rate of 83.2 %. Data collected have been analysed using descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling. The correlation coefficient (β = 0.81) shows that organisational innovativeness positively influences the sustainability of construction firms. The study reveals that 66.1 % of the variability in the overall sustainability of construction firms operating in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is accounted for by the implementation of innovative practices by the construction firms. It is concluded that 67.1 %, 83.8 % and 45.7 % of the variability in the construction firm’s social, environmental and economic sustainability, respectively, are explained by the implementation level of innovative practices by the top management teams of the firms. In line with the findings, this study concludes that efficient implementation of innovative practices at the firm level has a significant and positive influence on the overall sustainability of construction firms.
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Deekae, S. N., and R. Henrion. "Multivariate Analysis of Species Distribution: A Survey on Occurence of Mangrove Molluscs in the Bonny and New Calabar Rivers of the Niger Delta Multivariate Analyse von Verbreitungsmustern: Ein Überblick über das Vorkommen von Mangroven-Mollusken im Bonny River und New Calabar River des Niger-Deltas." Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica 21, no. 5 (1993): 273–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aheh.19930210505.
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Okagbare, Michael Jesuarho. "ASSESSING THE MANAGEMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIAN STATE UNIVERSITIES." ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY 11, no. 1 (August 25, 2019): 30–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/19.11.30.
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The main aim of this research was to assess the management of Instructional Programmes in State universities in South-South Nigeria. The research employed a descriptive survey research design. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the research. The population consisted of 13,741 academic and senior administrative staff from 6 State Universities in South-South Nigeria. The Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to determine the sample size. In the second stage sampling, Proportionate Stratified Sampling Technique was used with each University serving as a stratum to obtain the number of staff members that is proportionate, which resulted in the sample size of 389 respondents. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire designed by the researcher. Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to determine the internal consistency of the items. The result of the research, among others, showed both academic and administrative staff perceived that State Universities manage their staff personnel to a high extent or relatively well and that there was a significant difference between the mean rating scores of academic and administrative staff on the extent to which staff personnel are managed in State universities of South-South Nigeria. Academic and administrative staff perceived that financial resources were managed in State universities in South-South Nigeria relatively well. This means that the relative difficulties perceived to have been encountered by the products of State Universities in South-South Nigeria are either environmental or a result of other variables or dynamics that require deciphering for further research. The result showed that State governments, university managements, parents, scholarship boards, etcetera may confidently send their wards to State universities of South-South Nigeria also called the Niger Delta, for inculcation of university goals. The Study recommended among others that governments, and managements of State universities should increase grants (capital and recurrent) to universities, as this would help the universities to acquire facilities that would ensure the attainment of the universities mandate and vision. Keywords: academic staff, management of instructional programmes, senior administrative staff, state universities.
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Sampson, A. P., V. E. Weli, M. O. Nwagbara, and O. S. Eludoyin. "Sensations of Air Temperature Variability and Mitigation Strategies in Urban Environments." Journal of Human, Earth, and Future 2, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 100–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/hef-2021-02-02-02.
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This study examined sensations of air temperature variability and mitigation strategies in the Niger Delta, Nigeria using the cross-sectional and descriptive research designs. This study purposively selected the Capital Cities of the nine states in the study area; while the simple random sampling technique was used to select the study elements. Taro Yamane (1967) formula was employed in determining the study sample size of 400 which was apportioned to each of the cities based on proportional allocation with respected to the population of the cities, hence forming the basis for the distribution of the survey questionnaire. The results show that majority were aware of the impacts of temperature and rated the temperature in the neighborhood as high, but not aware of the comfort threshold of air temperature. Majority had never taken personal steps to mitigate high temperature and at the same time not satisfied with the level of temperature in their urban environment. Urban growth and rise in population, construction materials of urban surfaces, removal of trees/vegetation, manmade heat, air pollutants emission, congestion of buildings and time of season were found to stimulate high temperatures in the cities. Human discomfort, excessive heat, illness and diseases, soil aridity/lack of water in soil, poor air quality, increase in diseases vectors, increase in energy demand and usage, and dehydration of the body and regular thirst for water were found to be impacts and problems associated with high temperature. The prevailing strategies adopted to mitigate impacts of high temperature were only the use of electric fans (63.50%) and drinking of plenty water (92.50%). Therefore, the study recommends among others that planting and preservation of trees should be encouraged, mass awareness campaign on practices that exacerbate high temperature should be sponsored by the authorities, and regulatory agencies should strictly control urban growth and be committed to the enforcement of environmental policies. Doi: 10.28991/HEF-2021-02-02-02 Full Text: PDF
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ADEBANJOKO, ANGELA AJODO. "How Multinational Oil Companies and Corrupt Niger Delta Elites Underdeveloped the Niger Delta Region." Journal of Management and Science 1, no. 2 (June 30, 2013): 250–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.26524/jms.2013.31.
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This study is on the role played by Multinational Oil Companies (MNOCs) and Niger Delta elites in the underdevelopment of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study adopts a descriptive approach drawing data mainly from secondary data such as books, articles in newspapers, journals, internet etc. The study found that the Niger Delta region is endowed with natural resources. Among this is crude oil which is the mainstay of the Nigerian economy.Despite this oil wealth however, the region is largely underdeveloped. Poverty, massive unemployment, absence of safe drinking water, filth and squalor, lack of access to health care,education and housing among others are some of the features of the region. The problem of underdevelopment in the Niger Delta was traced to MNOCs and Niger Delta elites. The paper therefore argues that oil exploration activities of MNOCs such as gas flares and oil spills which have resulted in environmental degradation have deprived the people of the region their means of livelihood while corrupt practices of Niger Delta elites who embezzle funds meant fordevelopment have been responsible for the underdevelopment of the region. The study recommends among others the need for MNOCs to compensate the people for years of environmental degradation while Niger Delta elites found guilty of embezzlement while in office should be sent to jail.
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Madubuko, Christian. "Environment pollution: The rise of militarism and terrorism in the Niger Delta of Nigeria." International Journal of Rural Law and Policy, no. 1 (September 20, 2014): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ijrlp.i1.2014.3847.
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Oil was discovered in large quantities in Nigeria in 1956 and exploration began in the same year. Before oil, agriculture and fishing had assured the Niger Delta people of a bright future. Since 1956, oil has been extracted from the Niger Delta with destructive consequences on the environment, bringing about environmental degradation and destruction of the people’s primary means of livelihood. Land and water were badly polluted, and the health of the people affected because of leaks from oil pipelines, gas flaring and acid rains. Several petitions and non-violent protests by Delta communities, women and youth against environmental destruction failed to receive attention. Rather, opposition to peaceful protests earned the people military invasions of their communities, clampdowns and jailings. The rise of militarism and terrorism in the Niger Delta was the result of the Federal Government and Oil Companies’ clampdown on non-violent protests for environmental justice in the Niger Delta. This paper discusses the history of oil exploration in the Niger Delta, oil laws, effects of oil exploration in the region, and the rise of militants and terrorists in the area. The paper uses the term, ‘environmental Justice’ to denote unfair treatment and destruction of the Delta environment resulting from oil exploration, non implementation and enforcement of environmental laws and regulations, and abuse of human rights.The paper suggests solutions for peace in the Niger Delta.
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Okagbue, C. O. "Geotechnical and environmental problems of the Niger delta." Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 40, no. 1 (October 1989): 119–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02590349.
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Lindén, Olof, and Jonas Pålsson. "Oil Contamination in Ogoniland, Niger Delta." AMBIO 42, no. 6 (June 8, 2013): 685–701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-013-0412-8.
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Roth, Anja. "Environmental destruction and human rights in the Niger delta." Freedom from Fear 2010, no. 6 (March 23, 2010): 20–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/166cb59f-en.
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Marvelous Adedoyin, Lawal, Megbowon Funmilola Kemi, and Uwah Chijioke. "Niger Delta Poetics and the Politics of Environmental Rebranding." Journal of Economics 8, no. 1 (January 2, 2017): 54–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09765239.2017.1335674.
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Sunday Nnamdi, Basil, Obari Gomba, and Frank Ugiomoh. "Environmental Challenges and Eco-Aesthetics in Nigeria's Niger Delta." Third Text 27, no. 1 (January 2013): 65–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09528822.2013.753194.
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Maiangwa, Benjamin, and Daniel E. Agbiboa. "Oil Multinational Corporations, Environmental Irresponsibility and Turbulent Peace in the Niger Delta." Africa Spectrum 48, no. 2 (August 2013): 71–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000203971304800204.
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For many oil-bearing communities in petro-states around the world, the net effects of oil exploration have not only been devastating, but have also highlighted the double standards that are often applied by oil multinational corporations (MNCs). These organisations are far more likely to demand environmental and social mitigation efforts in the developed world than they are in a developing country. This paper seeks to demonstrate how the continued irresponsible activities of oil MNCs – specifically Shell – have fuelled restive conditions of ethnic militancy, brazen human rights abuses, environmental degradation and unsustainable peace in the Niger Delta. The paper particularly assesses the impact of the 2009 amnesty programme that was initiated to halt the downward spiral into violence in the Niger Delta and resolve the region's socio-economic challenges. The conclusion of this paper canvasses for greater social-ecological justice as a way forwards in addressing the Niger Delta conflict.
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Ele, Millicent. "Oil Spills in the Niger Delta-Does the Petroleum Industry Act 2022 Offer Guidance for Solving this Problem?" Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy (The) 13, no. 1 (May 24, 2022): 130–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jsdlp.v13i1.6.
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Oil exploration and production in the Niger Delta have resulted in massive oil spills and lasting environmental damage to the region. This article critically examines the legal and regulatory dimensions of this problem. It looks at the general statutory provisions governing oil spills in the Niger Delta to see whether there are gaps and deficiencies in the existing laws and policies which cause or exacerbate oil spills in the region. It further looks at the implementation and enforcement of the laws, particularly the effectiveness or lack thereof of the polluter-pays principle, adequacy of funding for environmental remediation, issues relating to standard setting and ministerial discretion, as well as the issues associated with the security problems in the Niger Delta. The article concurrently reviews relevant sections of the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021 to see whether it offers guidance for solving the endemic problem of oil spills in the Niger Delta. It is concluded that poorly developed laws, and weak institutions that result in weak implementation and enforcement protocols remain largely to blame for the problem of oil spills in the Niger Delta. It also discusses how the PIA can be strengthened to address persisting gaps in the design and implementation of oil spill responses in Nigeria.
Keywords: Oil spill; Niger Delta; Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021; multinational oil companies; polluter-pays principle; oil pipeline sabotage
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Nafziger, E. Wayne. "Economic Regress and Niger Delta Grievances." Journal of African Development 11, no. 2 (October 1, 2009): 57–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jafrideve.11.2.0057.
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Abstract The epicenter of Nigeria's deadly political violence is the clash for benefits from petroleum, more than 90 percent of which is produced in the Niger Delta (Ibaba, 2005). The sources of conflict in Nigeria include its ruling coalitions facing pressure from economic stagnation and the high-stakes corruption and rent seeking for the control of oil. Delta grievances derive from the lack of community control and land rights, the little revenue for petroleum's producing region, and the environmental degradation and other diseconomies borne by oil-bearing regions. Grievances also come from the lack of democratic accountability, high inequality, and Delta poverty that, while lower than Nigeria generally, is enough to trigger relative deprivation, the perception of social injustices from discrepancies between expectations and actuality. The only approach out of Nigeria's current impasse in the Niger Delta and other regions is to entrust policy to an economic meritocracy (as in Indonesia) that would elicit the fast economic growth that would create a positive-sum game, in which secure regional elites allow the Niger Delta and other regions to exercise decentralized power and land-use rights.
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Ansah, Christabel Edena, Itohan-Osa Abu, Janina Kleemann, Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud, and Michael Thiel. "Environmental Contamination of a Biodiversity Hotspot—Action Needed for Nature Conservation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria." Sustainability 14, no. 21 (November 1, 2022): 14256. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142114256.
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The Niger Delta belongs to the largest swamp and mangrove forests in the world hosting many endemic and endangered species. Therefore, its conservation should be of highest priority. However, the Niger Delta is confronted with overexploitation, deforestation and pollution to a large extent. In particular, oil spills threaten the biodiversity, ecosystem services and local people. Remote sensing can support the detection of spills and their potential impact when accessibility on site is difficult. We tested different vegetation indices to assess the impact of oil spills on the land cover as well as to detect accumulations (hotspots) of oil spills. We further identified which species, land cover types and protected areas could be threatened in the Niger Delta due to oil spills. The results showed that the Enhanced Vegetation Index, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index were more sensitive to the effects of oil spills on different vegetation cover than other tested vegetation indices. Forest cover was the most affected land-cover type and oil spills also occurred in protected areas. Threatened species are inhabiting the Niger Delta Swamp Forest and the Central African Mangroves that were mainly affected by oil spills and, therefore, strong conservation measures are needed even though security issues hamper the monitoring and control.
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Adekola, Josephine, Moira Fischbacher-Smith, Denis Fischbacher-Smith, and Olalekan Adekola. "Health risks from environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria." Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 35, no. 2 (August 19, 2016): 334–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263774x16661720.
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Local communities within oil producing countries in Africa often face formidable environmental challenges that generate conflicts and concerns around exploitation, environmental impact, and health risks. A key feature of these concerns has been the paucity of effective risk communication mechanisms and the impact this has on the public understanding of risk. Risk communication has been identified as a significant factor in explaining why the health consequences of environmental degradation remain unabated in oil producing communities. This paper evaluates health risk communication in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study is based on 69 interviews conducted in the Niger Delta region. The paper argues that the health of the local population is being impaired by risk incidences relating to oil and gas exploration activities, the effects of which are amplified by inadequate communication of health risks to the public. The study argues for and suggests ways in which health risk communication processes can be improved in the Niger Delta. A multi-dimensional framework for public health risk communication is developed as a means of advancing understanding, practice, and policy.
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Mbalisi, Onyeka Festus, and Christiana Uzoaru Okorie. "Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility by Oil Companies in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Myth or Reality." African Research Review 14, no. 1 (April 28, 2020): 119–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/afrrev.v14i1.11.
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Niger Delta region of Nigeria is a home to many multinational oil companies with different packages of corporate social responsibility (CSR) because of its huge natural resource reserve especially of oil and gas. The CSR packages are designed to address social, economic and environmental concerns of the indigenes of the Niger Delta region, arising from the oil and gas operations of the multinational oil companies. The operational activities of the oil companies over the years have led to the degradation of the Niger Delta environment with consequent loss of livelihood sources, thereby triggering protests and other violent activities in the region. The paper identified and analysed the indices of the components of the CSR (social, economic and environmental components) packages using results-based management framework to determine the impacts of the CSR projects and programmes on the people. The analysis revealed that multinational oil companies release funds from a philanthropic perspective for the execution of some social development projects/programmes, but these projects/programmes do not address the welfare and livelihood needs of the people. This means that the multinational oil companies operating in the region create an illusion of compliance with social development and responsibility rules. The paper linked these unfortunate situations (environmental degradation, insecurity, poverty, unemployment, etc) found in the region today to failure of CSR implementation due to corruption, insincerity and philanthropic approach of the oil companies and regard it as injustice to the people of Niger Delta. It therefore concluded that CSR implementation in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is a myth and as a result recommended that Multinational oil companies should therefore incorporate the people of the Niger Delta into the oil economy by enlisting household heads into the payroll system of the multinational oil companies as well as engage sincerely in projects that will lead to the development of the region, if protests and other violent activities in the region must stop.
Key Words: Implementation, Corporate social responsibility, Environmental Resources, Niger Delta, Multinational Oil Companies
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Feghabo, Charles, and Blessing Omoregie. "Binary, Bipartite Motifs and Counter-Hegemonic Strategies in Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist." International Journal of English and Comparative Literary Studies 2, no. 5 (October 14, 2021): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.47631/ijecls.v2i5.318.
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Language use is central to Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist, negotiating a better living environment for the people of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Most literary essays on this text, however, overlook Ojaide’s deployment of language to achieve his subversive vision. The text has been interpreted as environmentalism colored by an ideology or artistic documentation of the despoiled ecosystem, its effects on humans, the flora and fauna of the Niger Delta, and the consequential eco-activism. Another read of the text, however, reveals a binary relationship of dominance and subversion in which language is significant to both sides of the intercourse. The existence of dominance and resistance, therefore, necessitates the analysis of the text drawing from the Subaltern theory, an aspect of the Postcolonial theory to which dominance and resistance are central. This essay examines the deployment of language as a hegemonic and subversive tool in the oil politics in the Niger Delta. The binary relationship is couched in bi-partite motifs captured in epithets and contrasting images. In the binary, the multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta yoked with the Nigerian military government, are juxtaposed with the people and the Niger Delta as oppressors and the oppressed. Through bipartite motifs that abound in the text, Ojaide concretizes the duality in the Nigerian society vis-a-vis the oil politics in the Niger Delta. In the duality, language is reinvented and mobilized significantly by both sides as a tool for demonizing and excluding each other to enable the subjugation or subversion of the other.
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Okoji, Maurice Akpan. "Petroleum oil and the Niger delta environment." International Journal of Environmental Studies 57, no. 6 (October 2000): 713–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207230008711306.
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PÅLSSON, JONAS, and OLOF LINDÉN. "OIL CONTAMINATION IN THE NIGER DELTA." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 2014, no. 1 (May 1, 2014): 1706–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2014.1.1706.
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ABSTRACT Oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has occurred frequently since oil extraction started in the 1950's. The oil spills originates from facilities and pipelines, leaks from ageing and abandoned infrastructure and from spills during transport and artisanal refining of stolen oil under primitive conditions. It is estimated that spills in Nigeria amount to 100 000 to 200 000 tons per year and have been doing so for almost 60 years. While a number of reports have been written about the Niger Delta and the civil unrest in this area during the last decades, very few scientific reports with actual data regarding the extent of the contamination has been published. This paper describes the contamination of sediments and water in a part of the Niger Delta, which has been particularly hard to assess for decades: Ogoniland. It does not discuss the origin of the oil spills. During 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) conducted an extensive environmental assessment of Ogoniland. The assessment was conducted at the request of the Nigerian government. During the assessment, drinking water samples were taken in wells and sediment and surface water samples were collected from streams, ponds and wetlands in and around Ogoniland from April to November. The levels found in the more contaminated sites are high enough to cause severe impacts on the ecosystem and human health. Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPHs) reached levels of up to 7420 μg/l in surface water and drinking water wells show up to 42 200 μg/l. Benzene levels were measured up to 9000 μg/l, which is more than 900 times the WHO guidelines. EPH concentrations in sediments were up to 17 900 mg/kg. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in sediments reached 8.0 mg/kg in the most contaminated sites. The impacts of this pollution were obvious to be seen, with large slicks of crude oil visible in the water and large areas of mangroves suffocated by oil. However, most sites did not show extremely high levels of EPH and PAH concentrations. Although the natural conditions for degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons are favorable with high temperatures and relatively high rainfall, the recovery of contaminated areas is prevented due to the chronic character of the contamination.
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Agbonifo, Philip Ejoor. "Risk Management and Regulatory Failure in the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria: Reflections on the Impact of Environmental Degradation in the Niger Delta Region." Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 4 (June 8, 2016): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v9n4p1.
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Risk management practice and effective policy intervention are critical to achieve stable environment and sustainable development. They are mechanisms for environmental management, environmental sustainability and sustainable community development for the people of the Niger Delta region. Informed by intuitive insights on the large scale of degradation in the Niger Delta, theoretical analysis of extant literature and content analysis of field interview/observation, this paper identified poor environmental risk management and regulatory failure as the bane of environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region. Why has regulatory agencies failed to protect communities against the impacts of environmental degradation and other consequences of oil and gas exploration activities? While there are enough legal and regulatory frameworks, however, weak enforcement and poor implementation of the existing regulations provides fertile ground for environmental degradation to persist. Thus, this article analyses some of the salient environmental issues as well as the regulatory and risk management failures in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. It concludes that failure to carry out effective regulations and oversight in the oil and gas industry have resulted in environmental degradation (oil spills and gas flaring), contamination of water for fishing and farming activities, dispossession of rural farmers from their means of livelihood, poverty, migration and food shortages in the Niger Delta.
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Ikeke, Mark Omorovie. "Deep Ecology Philosophy and Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta." European Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 80–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n2p80.
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Biodiversity refers to the varieties, multiplicity, and diversity of life in the ecosystem. It is being lost on a daily basis in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. This is as a result of the environmental degradation caused by oil exploration and gas activities. In the process of drilling for oil and exploring for gas resources, the natural environment such as plants, animals and their communities is destroyed and endangered. Oil exploration activities continue unabated in the Niger Delta. There is need to combat biodiversity loss if not many of the benefits from biodiversity will be lost. With critical analysis the philosophy of deep ecology is examined and presented as having potentials to contribute to conserving biodiversity in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The paper concludes that there is vital need to preserve biodiversity using deep ecology values. Keywords: Deep ecology, biodiversity, conservation, Niger Delta, Nigeria, and Philosophy
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Babatunde. "Environmental Conflict, Traditional Institutions, and Durable Peace in Niger Delta." African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review 9, no. 2 (2019): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.9.2.03.
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Adomokai, Rosemary, and William R. Sheate. "Community participation and environmental decision-making in the Niger Delta." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 24, no. 5 (July 2004): 495–518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2004.01.002.
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Ugoh, Samuel C., and Wilfred I. Ukpere. "Environmental Policy in Nigeria: Paradox of Niger Delta Sustainable Development." Journal of Human Ecology 37, no. 3 (March 2012): 151–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09709274.2012.11906459.
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Otali, Monday, Michael G. Oladokun, and Paul Anih. "Influence of Construction Firm Size on the Level of Adoption of Sustainability Practices in Niger Delta, Nigeria." Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 102–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bjreecm-2020-0008.
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AbstractThe need to address the problems facing the natural environment and social economic development cannot be overemphasised. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of firm size on the level of implementation of sustainability practices in Niger Delta, Nigeria. Survey design approach was used in the study. Data were obtained through interviews and one thousand one hundred and seventy-nine copies of structured questionnaire administered to representatives of the firms by researchers and research assistants. The methods of data analysis were simple percentage and Spearman’s rank correlation. The result showed that small firms accounted for 84.7 %, medium-sized firms accounted for 11.61 % and large construction firms accounted for 3.73 %. Thus, a majority of firms are small and medium-sized construction companies in Niger Delta. The study revealed that the firm size influenced the level of implementation of firm sustainability practices in the study area. It was concluded that the size of firms had a significant influence on the level of adoption of sustainability practices among the construction firms operating in Niger Delta. It was also concluded that small and medium-sized construction firms recorded poor capacity building and human capital development. The study recommended that small and medium-sized construction firms operating in Niger Delta should improve their level of capacity building and human capital development.
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Nwaokugha, Douglas O. "Exploring Sport As Effective Engagement Mechanism For Youth Empowerment And Youth Development In Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region." Archives of Business Research 9, no. 3 (March 21, 2021): 157–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.93.9696.
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The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is synonymous with crisis occasioned by militancy, agitations and insurgency from the youth, who in recent times have become aware of the neglect, marginalization, human rights abuses, environmental degradation etc, people of the region suffer in the hands of the Nigerian government and Multinational Corporations that explore and exploit the Niger Delta environment for its rich natural resources. Investing time in militancy, agitations and insurgency as presently spearheaded by youth in the region has created more problems than solve the Niger Delta crises. Using the philosophical method, this paper makes a case on how sport can be an effective engagement mechanism for youth engagement and youth empowerment. The paper sees sport as a human engagement whose effective exploration and utilization can lead to the empowerment of youth in Nigeria’s Niger Delta and consequently recommends that states intervention agencies, politicians and philanthropists should make the provision of sport infrastructure a topmost priority for youth development and empowerment. The paper strongly maintains that policies that target youth empowerment in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria will surely be a foundation for sustainable peace and stability not only in Nigeria but across the globe.
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Ewa-Oboho, Ita, F. Emile Asuquo, P. Edet, E. J. Emeh, and S. Oladimeji. "Mangrove Ecosystem of the Niger Delta: Distribution and Dynamics." Journal of Environmental Systems 32, no. 2 (January 1, 2005): 145–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/es.32.2.e.
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Abbey, Mkpe, Oloyede O, Adebari Adebari, Kinikanwo I, Green Green, and Bruno C. Chinko. "Carbon Monoxide (CO) Pollution in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria and Its Impact on Foeto-Maternal Health." Scholars International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 5, no. 2 (February 28, 2022): 57–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.36348/sijog.2022.v05i02.006.
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Background: Carbon monoxide is produced in abundance in the Niger Delta, a fact that was acknowledged in the World Bank study of the region in 1995 and the Environmental assessment of Ogoni land by UNEP in 2011. Objectives: To ascertain the extent of CO pollution in the Niger Delta, its impact on foeto-maternal health and to review the pathophysiology and the treatment of the poisoning. Methods: A mixed method study (observational-descriptive and systemic review). A literature review on the above objectives was carried out. The known foeto-maternal impact of CO exposure was extrapolated to the prevailing state of CO pollution in the Niger Delta. Questionnaires distributed to Doctors working in the tertiary Centres in the core Niger Delta focused on the prevalence, clinical presentations and foeto-maternal findings in patients who presented with CO poisoning. Results: There was no data on the prevalence and clinical presentations of CO pollution in the Niger Delta. The ambient and indoors air concentration of CO in the Delta range from 0 ppm to 191μg/m3 but in places within 60-200 metres from crude oil flow stations, the concentrations range from 100 to 5320 μg/m3. Maternal impact of CO pollution ranges from headaches at carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) levels of 5-20% to maternal death at COHb levels of >66% while in the foetus, it causes birth defects, growth restriction, prematurity and sudden intrauterine and early neonatal death. Conclusion: The core Niger Delta is under perpetual siege of CO pollution and the ambient and indoors air concentration of it in the Delta range from 0 ppm to 191μg/m3.
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Edward Uzoma Ezedike. "Anthropocentric-Utilitarian Tradition and the Quest for Environmental Justice in the Niger Delta of Nigeria." Britain International of Humanities and Social Sciences (BIoHS) Journal 2, no. 1 (February 27, 2020): 247–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/biohs.v2i1.184.
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There is a growing concern, lately, in the Niger Delta region, nay, Nigeria at large, over the despoliation of our environment by multinational oil companies and citizens in quest for economic gains. The problem is that humans have come to see themselves as “landlords” and masters of God’s creation rather than stewards, having untrammeled authority to plunder natural resources with reckless abandon. The resultant effect is that this unethical attitude towards the environment poses grave danger to both living and non-living things in the ecosystem and forecloses the possibilities of its sustainability. Specifically, this paper critically examines the implications of the anthropocentric- utilitarian tradition in environmental ethics for the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The anthropocentric approach emphasizes the use of non-human natural resources solely in terms of their instrumental value to human kind. Its utilitarian dimension holds that so long as an environmental attitude or policy produces the greatest happiness, pleasure or benefit possible for the greatest number of people, it is moral. This paper posits that such tradition is quite problematic to the realization of environmental justice and wholeness in the Niger Delta. Our objective here is to show that the monumental environmental problems in the Niger Delta resulting from oil exploration are precipitated by the some unjust socio-economic and unethical principles. This paper recommends the application of the principles of environmental stewardship and environmental justice as a way out of the problem. These principles stand for moral consider ability towards the environment as well as a fair distribution of environmental burdens and benefits.
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Anyanwu, Chukwuma. "Black November: Interrogating The Niger Delta Question." Journal of Society and Media 5, no. 1 (April 29, 2021): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.26740/jsm.v5n1.p151-172.
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The paper interrogates the thematic preoccupations of Jeta Amata’s Black November on the vexed issues of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. The issues bordering on the quest for emancipation from injustice, environmental degradation, deprivation, inhuman treatment, negligence, are at the nexus of the agitations and militancy in the region. It draws inferences from what the movie overlooked and what it portrayed such as the failure of dialogue births violence. The objective is to highlight the problems in the Niger Delta and give credence to the thematic concerns raised by the director. Based on Relative Deprivation Theory (RDT), which sees violence as a product of frustration borne out of depriving people of their rights, denial of justice; a sense of oppression sets in that then leads to reactions that may be violent. The method adopted is descriptive analysis. Findings reveal that the Niger Delta region is much misunderstood, abused and betrayed by its own people, the media, Nigerian government, oil multinationals and the world at large. It concludes that the misunderstanding is largely a product of media misinformation and that of ignorance on the part of stakeholders and that the filmmaker succeeded in getting his message across.
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Abila, Sylvanus. "How Nigeria Deals with Environmental Damages? An Environmental Legal Perspective." Journal of Law and Legal Reform 2, no. 1 (January 4, 2021): 51–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/jllr.v2i1.39041.
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The paper carries out a review of the environmental problems associated with atmospheric pollution, air quality emissions and applicable control mechanisms in the detection and evaluation in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in the light of global trends and best practices given the magnitude of gas flaring taking place in Nigeria’s Niger Delta daily. This is flowing from the findings that gas flaring continues to be a major health hazard to humanity, domestic and global environment. Also considered are the Challenges facing air quality and carbon management in Nigeria and the place of the ongoing National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) funded research on air quality and carbon management and the recent release of the twin regulations of: the Flare Gas (Prevention Of Waste And Pollution) Regulations, 2018 and the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Programme (NGFCP) by the Federal Government Of Nigeria aimed at stopping gas flares in the year, 2020. The paper adopts an admixture of the historical, comparative, the law and development and empirical approaches in appropriate cases.
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KI, Green, and Mkpe Abbey. "Sources of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Pollution in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria." Saudi Journal of Biomedical Research 7, no. 2 (February 28, 2022): 107–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.36348/sjbr.2022.v07i02.007.
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The Niger Delta in the Southern part of Nigeria had been captioned ‘a region of environmental degradation’ including carbon monoxide (CO) pollution in the World Bank study of the region in 1995 and in the UNEP Environmental assessment of Ogoniland in 2011. The objective of the study was to ascertain the sources of CO production in the Niger Delta, the availability of Nigerian national guidelines on CO pollution, Nigerian national and regional register of CO poisoning and air quality check for CO in the region. A mixed method study (observational-descriptive and systemic review was carried out. Sources of CO production were visited, guidelines on environmental protection, CO and its register and data on daily air monitoring were looked for in Rivers State and the Nigerian Federal Ministries of Environment, Health and Justice. The result showed that there were no guidelines on environmental protection against CO pollution, no register of its poisoning and no monitoring of its ambient and indoor air concentrations in the Niger Delta. Sources of its pollution were tobacco fumes, generator, firewood, kerosene, bush and refuse burning, fire out-brake, barbecues, burning of fossil fuels in old vehicles, crude oil and gas industry (three refineries, oil wells, flow stations and gas flaring, crude oil and condensate spills, vapours from crude and refined oil storage, processing and transportation facilities, petrochemical plants and gas liquefaction plants). In conclusion the Niger Delta was plagued with numerous sources of CO emission and ineffective environmental protection laws. There was therefore urgent need for revival of regional and national environmental laws, maintenance of registers for CO poisoning and conduct of daily air quality check for CO and other gases in the Niger Delta and in Nigeria at large.
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Ezuma, Kanu, Ikokwu, and Akpan, Nobert Sunday. "Oil Exploration and Underdevelopment: A Study Of Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria." Journal of Environmental Impact and Management Policy, no. 11 (September 29, 2021): 58–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.55529/jeimp11.58.73.
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This study placed at the center of its focus oil exploration and underdevelopment in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In the study, three research questions were posed; what are the benefits of oil exploration in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria? What are the effects of oil exploration and underdevelopment to the host communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria? What are the remedies that can enhance oil exploration and development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria? Also, three objectives were stated, which includes to identify the benefits of oil exploration to the Nigeria nation, to examine the effects of oil exploration to the host communities and to recommend remedies that can enhance oil exploration and development. Elite theory was adopted to theoretically analyze this work and descriptive research design method was employed. Secondary sources were used in gathering data and content analysis was adopted as data analysis technique. The study revealed the benefits of oil exploration such as economic growth, job creation, energy supply to power industries and homes, provide fuel for vehicles and air crafts etc. Also, the research work xrayed the effects of oil production activities and the neglect of the Niger Delta region by the Nigerian state and oil and gas industries such as environmental degradation, exploitation, unemployment, lack of social amenities, infrastructure, poverty among others. Furthermore, the study made some recommendations advising the federal government and oil companies to ensure effective consultation and partner proactively with host communities to better their operations, to reduce environmental degradation and its adverse effects and improve the living standard of people in the areas of oil exploration by providing infrastructures like roads, schools, electricity, hospital scholarships among others which will protect the environment and enhance the relationships between government, companies and the host communities in the Niger Delta region.
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Mustafa, Linda Jummai, and Daniel Ibrahim. "Issues of ideal national identities in Tanure Ojaide’s The Questioner: A psychoanalytic approach." Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literary Studies 2, no. 3 (October 12, 2022): 124–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.57040/jllls.v2i3.304.
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Environmental degradation has been a major topic of concern all over the world, especially because lands exploited for mining mineral resources such as crude oil become contaminated to such an extent that the natural ecosystems of many communities in the world are destroyed. Nigeria is not exempted from this problem and in particular, the Niger-Delta area has for decades suffered great deterioration due to the exploration and exploitation of oil. This situation may have instigated Tanure Ojaide to write poems that bring to the fore the psychological disposition of a people plagued with environmental degradation in the Niger-Delta area of Nigeria to call the world’s attention to the deterioration of life in the Niger-Delta. It is against this backdrop that this study understudies The Questioner, a collection of poems in order to further encapsulate the gory picture of environmental depreciation, neglect, corruption and unconcern for the people of the Niger-Delta. With the application of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical discourse, this study identifies the formation or adoption of questionable identities by individuals who are bedeviled with problems associated with environmental degradation. Hence, by the end of this research, it is observed that the personae in the poems studied, were embroiled in psychological conflicts that caused the fragmentation of their identities as a result of the devastating effects of environmental degradation.