The Dilemma of Niger Delta Experience in Nigeria The Struggle of an Indigenous People in the Sub-Saharan-West Africa |
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| Author:
| Ephraim, Alexis |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4910-3219-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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This book reveals the outcry and the groaning of Niger Delta people of Nigeria for justice, equity, and fair play with regards to the appropriation/expropriation, and as well the exploration and exploitation of their oil wealth by the central Government with collaboration with the oil multinationals from foreign countries dealing with the people in negligence of co-operate ethics, and gross impunity, which is a graphic reflection of their past and present predicaments- "Thus, the past...
More DescriptionThis book reveals the outcry and the groaning of Niger Delta people of Nigeria for justice, equity, and fair play with regards to the appropriation/expropriation, and as well the exploration and exploitation of their oil wealth by the central Government with collaboration with the oil multinationals from foreign countries dealing with the people in negligence of co-operate ethics, and gross impunity, which is a graphic reflection of their past and present predicaments- "Thus, the past has cast a shadow on the present that the present and the future are become shadows of the past." It is an indeed an empirical exhibition of the failure of leadership institutions in the Nigerian polity, were the country's wealth is being plundered helplessly by a succession of ambitious reprobates, incompetents-re-circling themselves year after year leaving the impoverished and helpless beaming population of vibrant youths, and most especially the Niger Delta people (the economy base) in wrecks and palpable hopelessness. It also presents what might likely become of the entire nation if sensitive issues affecting this people are ignored or wrongly handled. Through poetical language, Rev. Alexis Diepriye Ephraim paradoxically and analytically presents the Niger Delta people as "a people who today live in the society where the realities of life seem to fly in the face of the promises of God and the endowment of nature; whereby are faced with a double dilemma: "A HELL THE DARES THEM TO ACHIEVE AND AT THE SAME TIME ANNIHILATES THEM FOR CUTTING AGAINST THE GRAIN." It is indeed a dilemma that reaps the whirlwind of anger and despair. The author also made use of philosophical intelligence, historical inferences, and character narratives to charting a new course for brotherhood and national peace, by prescribing and initiating not only to his fellow Niger Delta people, but to the entire nation at large, for a nobler way of achieving lasting peace for a better and prosperous Nigeria. "THE SURVIVAL AND PROSPERITY OF NIGER DELTA MUST BE THE GLORY OF NIGERIA."It is also the mind of the author to present this book with its graphical and empirical findings-as a blue print for a scientific and logical investigation of human rights violation activities zeroing in a Nigerian-African perspective in the 21st century.