“Oil Injustice” in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region: A Call for Responsive Governance

• 作者: Theodore Okonkwo Uzuazo Etemire
• 来源期刊: 环境保护(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: OIL and Gas Petroleum INJUSTICE ENVIRONMENTAL Degradation ENVIRONMENTAL Protection BENEFIT Sharing NIGER Delta Nigeria
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（1）
• 页码范围: 42-60
• 页数: 19页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

The injustice and chaos in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria resulting from the manner in which the oil industry is being run and regulated have since captured the attention of the world. Importantly, the 2011 UNEP Report on the Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland (a Niger Delta community) which revealed shocking levels of ecological degradation has helped to keep the issue on the front burners of international discussion. In this light, this article explores the nature of injustice in the oil producing areas of Nigeria;it assesses the regulatory mechanisms that have been set up to prevent and reverse the injustice in the region;and based on the inadequacies of the present system, it makes recommendations as to how the mechanisms might be better strengthened, and governance executed, all in a manner that is more responsive to the plight of the affected people.