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VOL. 11 NO. 3 2025
DOI: 10.56201/jpslr.vol.11.no3.2025.pg29.52

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Oil Multinational Corporations and Environmental Rights Violations in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Onuoha, Peter Chuks, Okore, Michael Okiemute

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Abstract

This paper examined Oil Multinational Corporations and Environmental Rights Violations in Nigeria, as an offshoot of environmental politics in Nigeria. it was emphasized that for many Oil-bearing communities in Oil producing-states of Nigeria, and around the world, the net effects of Oil exploration to the environment have not only been devastating, but have also highlighted the double standards that are often applied by Oil Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in their dealing with Host Communities. In adopting the frustration-aggression theory, the study revealed that acts of frustration frequent the Niger Delta region because of the perceived insensitivity of Oil Multinational Corporations (MNCs) to the plight of persons affected environmentally by their activities in the Niger Delta. In adopting the qualitative method of data collection and analysis, the study discovered that the continued irresponsible activities of Oil MNCs – specifically Shell in the Niger Delta Region has fuelled restive conditions of ethnic militancy, brazen human rights abuses, environmental degradation and unsustainable peace in the Niger Delta thereby necessitating divergent forms of aggression in the region. The study thus recommends for greater social-ecological justice as a way forwards in addressing the Niger Delta conflict.

keywords:

Multinational corporations, Environment, Niger delta region

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