Socio-Legal Implications of Oil and Gas Exploration on the Rights and Well-Being of the People of the Niger Delta
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Environmental despoliation, paucity of infrastructure, economic deprivation and systemic poverty, total alienation from policy making and management structure of oil and gas company, total neglect and discontent, disregard for the rule of law, overthrow of constituted authorities at community levels, extreme human rights violations, petro-violence:intra and inter communal conflicts and “rebellion” against Nigerian state are symptomatic of the socio-legal implications of oil and gas explorations on the rights and well-being of the people of Niger Delta of Nigeria, since the discovery of oil and gas in commercial quantities in the region beginning with Oloibiri (now Bayelsa State) in 1956, Bomu, Afam, Rumuekpe and Umuechem(Rivers State) in 1958, respectively. This paper X-rays the inherent contradictions in the legal frameworks enacted by the Nigerian State to regulate the oil and gas explorations and how these inadequacies or more, have imparted very fraudulently on the socio-economic cum political sensibilities of the Niger Delta people inducing unimaginable levels of conflictual theatre of apparent violence. Consequently, the paper suggested ways out of this morbid situation in the area and made projections for a reinvigorated Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.
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