This legal opinion is provided to researchers as an annex to the proposed study on Amnesty programmes in the Niger Delta.
Five years after implementation of the Amnesty programme, this research focuses on assessment, to provide a comprehensive review of the nature, drivers and expressions of violent conflicts in the Niger Delta region; analysing impacts the amnesty p
The study seeks to capture the impact and challenges of the six year old amnesty programme in post-conflict Niger Delta region.
Implementation of the proposed research must consider possible eruptions of violence in the region which constitute risks to project team members and other project participants.
The paper posits that the introduction of an amnesty programme (2009) led to reduction in militant activities in the Niger Delta but failed to impact oil theft. It examines connections between the Amnesty Programme and the upsurge of oil theft.
Persistence of oil theft in the Niger Delta is due to enshrined and official corruption, a high level of youth unemployment, ineffective and corrupt law enforcement agencies, and collaboration with international crime syndicates.
Until the root causes of conflict in the region are addressed there will not be enduring peace, security and stability in the Niger Delta environment. Armed robbery, kidnapping and crude oil theft has been the order of the day.
The methodology workshop was designed to launch the research project, bringing the research team together, and providing a forum for interactive discussion, with the overall aim of facilitating production of new knowledge on women’s citizenship th
Dakar is increasingly proving to be a transit zone in international drug trafficking. This brings about interactions between organized crime and public institutions.