"Without serious reforms by the Nigerian government, the Niger Delta will continue to be marginalized and volatile. However, multinational corporations (MNCs) also bear serious responsibility for the violence. Frequent extrajudicial killings by government security officials amid a climate of impunity contribute to the region’s conflicts. Foreign oil companies’ employment of quasi-governmental security forces and cooperation with human rights violations makes them culpable in this repression. MNCs also contract militant or criminal factions for protection to avoid becoming targets of violence, encouraging the culture of impunity."
"Even more than violence, oil companies operating in the Delta are in part responsible for the poverty and environmental degradation of the region. MNCs such as Shell have pursued extraction techniques that allow extremely high levels of gas flaring, 24.1 billion cubic meters a year, according to the World Bank."
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Nigerian government, the Niger
Delta will continue to be marginalized
and volatile. However,
multinational corporations
(MNCs) also bear serious responsibility
for the violence. Frequent extrajudicial killings by government
security officials amid a
climate of impunity contribute
to the region’s conflicts. Foreign
oil companies’ employment
of quasi-governmental
security forces and cooperation with human rights violations
makes them culpable in this repression.
MNCs also contract
militant or criminal factions for
protection to avoid becoming
targets of violence, encouraging
the culture of impunity."
in the Delta are in part responsible for
the poverty and environmental degradation of
the region. MNCs such as Shell have pursued
extraction techniques that allow extremely
high levels of gas flaring, 24.1 billion cubic
meters a year, according to the World Bank."
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