Federal Hükümetin Nijer Deltası’ndaki Af Programı: Bir Değerlendirme

Authors : Oscar Edoror UBHENIN

Pages : 179-203

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Publication Date : 2013-03-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Bu makalenin amacı federal hükümetin Niger-Delta bölgesindeki af programını değerlendirmektir. Makale özellikle af programının NigerDelta çatışmasına nasıl bir çözüm getirmeyi amaçladığı , federal hükümetin af programı kapsamındaki ekonomik taahhütleri ve af programının * Lecturer in public administration at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria, [email protected] ignore into journalissuearticles values(1); IntroductionThis article is based on review of published literature and other media sources. Addressing daunting gaps in secondary data search would have required the use of primary sources, such as investigation of spoken discourses by undertaking interviews with some of the actors in the field. Other methods, such as questionnaire administration and the focus group could also be used to produce data and insights for the analysis. But resource constraints deterred their use in this study. In spite of these shortcomings, I am optimistic that they were not sufficient to derail the good intentions of the study, particularly with the resort to search for academic journals, technical papers, and published newspaper reports and articles. The internet proved very helpful in this regard. This article is structured into six sections. The next section discusses the theory of relative deprivation as it affects oil wealth and the deepening poverty in the Niger-Delta. Section three reviews both empirical and theoretical literature pertaining to the subject matter. The fourth section discusses the implementation of the amnesty programme. Section five focuses on the critique of the amnesty programme. The final section concludes the paper with some recommendations.Nigeria is a federation in which the constituent units that make up the country, predominantly the major ethnic groups, have embarked on separate developmental course. This development flows from the artificial creation of the British colonialists and their adopted policy of divide and rule. As a response, the nationalists had attempted to create a common Nigeria by recruiting actors from various ethnic backgrounds into the anti-colonial struggle. However, as observed by Thomas Imobighe, “they did not quite succeed in evolving a nation with an organic unity.” This has precipitatT.A. Imobighe, ‘Introduction: Civil society, ethnic nationalism and nation building in Nigeria’, in T.A. Imobighe insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ed.);, Civil Society and Ethnic Conflict Management in Nigeria, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ibadan: Spectrum Books Limited, 2003);, pp.3-35.
Keywords : Af, güçlendirme, Niger Delta, barış inşası, kaynak çatışması