The land of black gold, corruption, poverty and sabotage: overcoming the Niger Delta’s problems through the establishment of a Nigerian Non-Renewable Revenue Special Fund (NNRSF).

Gonzalez, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1435-0151 2016. The land of black gold, corruption, poverty and sabotage: overcoming the Niger Delta’s problems through the establishment of a Nigerian Non-Renewable Revenue Special Fund (NNRSF). Cogent Social Sciences 2 (1) , 1126423. 10.1080/23311886.2015.1126423

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Abstract

Through statistics published by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the paper explores why oilfield sabotage from 2009 to 2015 remains a problem in the Niger Delta, despite the 2009 amnesty programme. It explains why some of these incidents are a direct result of the failure to implement socio-economic development in successive state agencies due to corruption, a consequence of the natural resource curse. The article then explores why and how a Nigerian Non-Renewable Revenue Special Fund overseen by the United Nations Development Programme should be established which would not only manage a portion of oil revenue funds from the Niger Delta but also initiate valid social and economic projects in order to help reduce the prevalence of sabotage and instability in the region.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 January 2020
Date of Acceptance:	26 November 2015
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 11:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128476

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