CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Since 1956 when oil was first discovered in commercial quantities in Oloibiri in the present Bayelsa state, the relationship between the multinational oil companies and the host communities where they operate has been far from cordial. There has been a gradual deterioration from uneasy tolerance to the present spate of youth militancy and clamour for resource control largely premised on the abject poverty in the host communities and the widespread degradation of the environment. There has equally been a large amount of buck passing and horse-trading between the Federal and State Government over responsibility for the present state of affairs.
However, the host communities caught in the throes of biting economic deprivation and rampaging ecological degradation are resorting to unmitigated violence and intimidation to press home their demands for rapid development of their communities, and economic empowerment. The Federal Government insists that the revenue allocation of 13% of oil revenue to the oil producing states is adequate to implement community development projects in the affected areas. The oil producing states far from being content with any patronizing derivation formula are insisting on total resource control.
The Federal Government recently, in 2000, set up the Niger Delta Development Commission charged primarily with the responsibility of using the sums received from the allocation of the Federation account for tackling ecological problems arising from the exploration of Oil Minerals in the Niger Delta area. Interestingly, Section 14(2)(b) of the NDDC Act provides amongst other things that 3 per cent of the total annual budget of any oil producing company operating on shore and off shore, in the Niger Delta area, including gas-processing companies shall be paid and credited to the fund.
In addition to the enormous funds available to the Commission, the oil companies maintain that special budgetary allocations are made internally for community development projects in the oil producing areas in the Niger Delta. Recently, the Niger Delta Development Commission announced that it would be undertaking 641projects estimated to cost over N35 billion in the oil producing communities.
| Project details | Contents |
|---|---|
| Number of Pages | 99 pages |
| Chapter one | Introduction |
| Chapter two | Literature review |
| Chapter three | methodology |
| Chapter four | Data analysis |
| Chapter five | Summary,discussion & recommendations |
| Reference | Reference |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire |
| Appendix | Appendix |
| Chapter summary | 1 to 5 chapters |
| Available document | PDF and MS-word format |
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