Oil and Youth Militancy in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region
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2010
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Journal of Asian and African Studies
Abstract
This study explores the myriad of reasons responsible for the role of the youth in violence in the
Niger Delta region. Based on data drawn from primary studies of community youth groups in four
oil-rich communities in Bayelsa and Rivers States and secondary sources, findings reveal that
community youth revolt over socio-economic and political deprivation arising from oil exploitation
and exploration by multinational oil corporations in collaboration with the Nigerian state. These
deprivations and marginalisation have transformed youth from merely engaging in community
protests to militancy with deleterious consequences threatening the security of the region