Youth Restiveness in the Niger Delta
Youth Restiveness in the Niger Delta
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尼日尔三角洲的青年叛乱
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2014
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K. Ejumudo
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K. Ejumudo
尼日尔三角洲环境不公正的多方面影响之一是“青年不安”，它演变成武器扩散和民兵的出现，这可以说对尼日利亚的宏观环境构成了威胁。本文依靠二手数据来源，批判性地审视了尼日尔三角洲青年的不安情绪，并认为根本原因是环境法律，这些法律为石油集团的运营危害提供了基础，这些石油集团与尼日利亚政府合作，而尼日利亚政府的干预机构基本上未能缩小该地区的发展差距。文章认为，面对尼日利亚政府的种种努力，特别是当前收入分享公式中微乎其微的13%衍生元素、失败的土地使用改革尝试、部分成功的短期后特赦计划以及有争议的石油工业法案，尼日尔三角洲地区的核心发展问题尚未得到解决。文章最后提出了一些有用的建议，包括迫切需要修改令人讨厌且对生态环境不利的法律，以及尼日利亚政府和石油集团采取全面的发展方法和基于行动的计划，为社会经济上陷入困境的年轻人提供可持续的机会之窗和安全网。
One of the many-sided effects of environmental injustice in the Niger Delta is “Youth Restiveness” which metamorphosed into proliferation of arms and the emergence of militias that is arguably a threat to the macro-Nigerian environment. This article, which relied on secondary sources of data, critically examines youth restiveness in the Niger Delta and contends that the root cause is the legal environmental laws that provided the basis for the operational hazards of the oil conglomerates that have collaborated with the Nigerian state whose intervention agencies have largely failed to close the developmental gaps in the region. The article posits that in the face of sundry efforts by the Nigerian state, particularly the infinitesimal 13% derivation element of the current revenue sharing formula, the failed land use reform attempt, the partially successful short-run post-amnesty program, and the controversial petroleum industry bill, the central developmental concerns of the Niger Delta region have not been addressed. The article concludes with some useful recommendations including the exigency of the modification of the obnoxious and eco-environmentally disadvantageous laws and a holistic developmental approach and action-based programs by the Nigerian government and oil conglomerates that will provide sustainable windows of opportunity and safety nets for the socio-economically dislocated youths.