Nigerian peoples and culture acknowledgements nigerian peoples and culture is in eight units and was produced by a team of nigerian national trainers, who were trained and supported by experts in blended learning pedagogy from odl, nuc and the open. Akachi odoemene, redeemers university, mowe, nigeria. Tare porri heartily felicitates with the entire youths in the zone as we kickstart the year 2018. This was followed in subsequent years by introduction of the then kiama declaration of the ijaw youth council.
Population figures for the ijaws vary greatly, though most range from million to 15 million. The internationalization of oil violence in the niger delta. Nigeria has an important economic influence on the entire region, including the franc zone where it has increasingly been making investments particularly in the banking sector. The conflict in the niger delta is triggered by a number of factors. Corporatecommunity engagement strategies in the niger. Smith,advocating for adoption of ibibio as a written language in nigeria. Ijaw youth council iyc has frowned at the flight of mindboggling n19 trillion from the niger delta region. Origin interestingly, it is believed that the ijaws ancestors were spiritual. Kalabari is the name of one of the ijaw clans that reside on the eastern side of the nigerdelta abonnema, buguma, bakana, degema etc.
National youth councils exist in many forms and in many countries around the world, serving as coordinators of youth organizations on the national level, contacts with similar organizations in other countries, and the nexus of youth government relations. Abia, akwa ibom, bayelsa, cross river, delta, edo, imo, ondo and rivers. In so far that they have written history it is post english colonization of ijaw land. Kalabari is considered an eastern ijaw language but the term eastern ijaw is not the normal nomenclature. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 269k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Chief gani fawehinmi even threatened to take the president to the united nations human rights commssion if mr. In nigeria, oil is mainly extracted in the niger delta region. It has taken us three full years to compile them because we were. Pdf the option of death, egbesu and the narrative of protection. The emergence of corporate social responsibility csr has largely been seen as a strategy employed by companies to deflect public criticism of their behaviour, and a means for avoiding government regulation see jenkins, 2005, doane, 2005, mcguire, 1963, walton, 1967, idemudia and ite, 2006. Csr as public relations strategy for niger delta peace and.
Jan 11, 2020 bayelsa is a state in southern nigeria in the core niger delta region, between delta state and rivers state. In it, longheld ijaw concerns about the loss of control of their homeland and their own lives to the oil companies were joined with a commitment to direct action. The leader of the central zone of the ijaw youth council, was summarily executed in port harcourt by the police. Comrade sammy george, chairman, ijaw youth council, iyc, rivers state will receive niger delta most active youth leader award of the year for peace, while environmental justice cepej, a niger delta based ngo, will receive niger delta most outstanding ngo of the year award. My focus was on the militant youth movements of the ijaw ethnic group in. The concern was coming on the heels of a recent publication by the organisation of. How to listen to my heart, follow my dreams, and ignore people who dont understand. Ethnic and political unrest has continued throughout the 1990s despite the conversion to democracy clarification needed and the election of the.
Many are found as migrant fishermen in camps as far west as sierra leone and as far east as gabon. Ijaw youth council iyc was formed as an amalgamation of various youth groups in the ijaw speaking areas of the niger delta. Carles feixa and jordi nofre, 2012, youth cultures, sociopedia. The ijaw, with an estimated population of 10 million people scattered over 40 clans in six states, is the largest ethnic group within the niger delta region. This group of people are popular across nigeria for their beautiful culture, food and attire but here are a few facts you probably didnt know about them. Ade ajayi and michael crowder eds, history of west africa, 2 vols.
These include but are not limited to the revenue allocation formula and resource control, federalism, environmental degradation, state imposed poverty, unfulfilled promises made by the government to mention a few. This was the outcome of a 14month intensive evaluation of the extent of pollution. The true origin of the ogoni people are not very wellknown,research has it that they migrated into the area from across the imo river while other research says that the ogoni people came in boats from ghana and settled in the southern part of the area. Truly leadership is transient and it was on this premise the kaiama declaration was issued by the ijaw youth council iyc of nigeria on 11 december 1998 to attribute the political crisis in nigeria to the struggle, for the control of oil mineral resources while asserting that the degradation of the environment of ijawland by transnational oil. Aug 09, 2015 to download this course unto your device, please click the following link gst201. By victor ojakorotu and lysias dodd gilbert introduction violence has been defined by the world health organizations who world report on violence and health as. The police in the rivers state spends more time harassing members. Youth delegates are part of a countrys official delegation and are appointed by the national ministry of foreign affairs. Finding higgs particle is slightly different from digging in the bowels of history, although the motivation is the same. Ijaw youth council also indefinite as ijaw youths is a civil rights organization in nigeria, founded in 1998, which supports the interests of the ijaw ethnic group of the niger delta. Today, we are shining the spotlight on the ijaws also known as the ijo or izon.
Andoni forum usa afusa ijaw youth council ijaw national congress. National youth councils exist in many forms and in many countries around the world, serving as coordinators of youth organizations on the national level, contacts with similar organizations in other countries, and. Understanding the armed groups of the niger delta council on. Muggah, copublished with bicc, published by zed books, july 2006, isbn 1842777890 special reports. Ethnic and political unrest has continued throughout the 1990s and persists as of 20 despite the conversion to democracy and the election of the.
From 2001 to 2004, it was headed by mujahid dokuboasari, until asari split from the movement to found the niger delta peoples volunteer force. The intention was that uneps recommendations would be implemented to restore the devastated environment, on the one. Similarly to the ogoni mosop, iyc was set up to coordinate the ijaw struggle for selfdetermination and justice ijaw youth council, 1999b. This article places both rebellions in comparative perspective. Turkish journal of international relations the internationalization of oil violence in the niger delta of nigeria victor ojakorotu this paper unpacks the crisis in the niger delta of nigeria with reference to its external dimensions by which is meant the involvement of international nongovernmental organisations in the politics of local environmental governance. The internationalization of oil violence in the niger. The ijaw did not develop the art of writing and, therefore, did not leave written records of their history. The novels follow rain that dances and his friends on adventures that reinforce native wisdom, encouraging friends and families to stay healthy by being active and eating healthy food. Youth and the generational dimensions to struggles for.
Despite the challenges we intermittently faced as a group and as a nation last year, we have remained as one indissoluble entity, courageously fighting for the interest of. Apex ijaw youth organisation, ijaw youth council iyc worldwide, has called for an an end to the ongoing military bombardment of torundoro community in ekeremor local government area of bayelsa. Series editors foreword the carolina academic press african world series, inaugurated in 2010, offers significant new works in the field of african and black world studies. The eagle books for young people in grades 58 is a series of youth novels written by terry lofton and illustrated by patrick polo and lisa a. The main language spoken is ijaw with dialects such as kolukuma, mein, bomu, nembe, epieatisa, and ogbia. This dates back to december 1998 when the ijaw youth council iyc. A youth, indeed d appointment is a well deserved one n it fully represent the wishes n aspirations of the ijaw youth. Nnengi james was rushed to abuja to answer questions.
Keyamo were not released ozoemena, 2003, january 23. The december 1998 all ijaw youths conference crystalized the struggle with the formation of the ijaw youth council iyc and the issuing of the kaiama declaration see tearoff panel. Seek and ye shall find i guess that thats what cheikh anta diop did, with the tools available to him and one of those tools is the imaginations capacity for the interpretation of the material evidence and. The war that saved my life by kimberly brubaker bradley, the night diary by veera hiranandani, wolf hollow by. While the period when the ogonis were at the forefront of the struggle was largely peaceful, the recent shift of focus to the ijaws witnessed an escalation in militancy and violence. In late 2003 the ndv precipitated a conflict with their rival ijaw ethnic militia, the niger delta peoples. Oil, conflict, and the dynamics of resource struggle in. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Checkmating the resurgence of youth militancy in the niger. Oil, conflict, and the dynamics of resource struggle in the. Ethnic and political unrest continued throughout the 1990s despite the return to democracy clarification needed and the election of the obasanjo. As a concept, it has been heavily criticized, and there is now fierce debate over its. The study analyzed the youth militancy and militias in the context of deep.
Other groups and movements which have emerged from the foregoing situation included egbesu boys, the chicoco movement the ijaw youth council, the niger delta volunteer forces and the movement for the survival of ogoni people mosop and litigations over resource control recently. A blanket of silence environmental rights actionfriends of. The ijaw youth council, iyc central zone under the able leadership of barr. The oxford handbook of refugee and forced migration studies. Understanding the context of oil violence in the niger delta of nigeria. The politics of conflict over oil in the niger delta region. The odi boys are still waiting the final resolution of their case. In 2001, alhaji muhaji asari dokubo under the auspices of the ijaw youth council began to clamour for resource control or self determination by any means and then, he took to armed struggle, founding the niger delta volunteer force which picked up the militia baton from where boro left off, and eventually started an evolution of.
Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. He initially sought to do this through the ijaw youth council iyc, a political. Ijaw youth council july, 2015 we the ijaw youth do appreciate the governor of delta state for appointing our own eric omare as s. Chris ekiyor is a president emeritus of the organization. One of the highpoints of the iyc was the kaiama declaration. Pdf political elites and the rise of the boko haram. The series provides scholarly and educational texts that can serve both as reference works and as readers in college. Ijaw youth council is a civil rights organization in nigeria, founded in 1998, which supports the interests of the ijaw ethnic group of the niger delta. The niger delta militancy and boko haram insurgency pose the greatest security threat to nigeria since the end of the civil war in 1970.
Iyc ijaw youth council jrc joint revolutionary council. The spokespersons also established the ijaw youth council iyc to. Promote data collection and long term evaluation of youth programs. Conflict in the niger delta wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. History and culture of ogoni people encyclopedia history delta. Corporatecommunity engagement strategies in the niger delta.
For the first time since the attack on odi, we are publishing the names of the victims. It contains our reports from odi, testaments from the local people and the sick graffiti which nigerian soldiers left on the town. All lands and natural resources including mineral resources within the ijaw. On december 11, 1998, youths meeting at kaiama, bayelsa state, formed an ijaw youth council iyc and adopted a declaration which. The niger delta vigilante abbreviated ndv is an armed militia group in the niger delta region of nigeria. It demonstrates the importance of the formation of a nonpartisan, sociocultural, revolutionary political organization tasked with the promotion, preservation, and protection of the ijaw political destiny. The stock exchange in lagos is the only largescale financial trading centre in the region. While there are disagreements about the geographic boundaries of the niger delta, officially, it comprises the following nine states idemudia, 2007a, most of which fall within the southsouth geopolitical zone of the country. May 25, 2012 the contemporary notions of resource control have been characterized by both peaceful and violent activities. Armed groups, guns, and human security in the ecowas region, edited by nicolas florquin and eric g.
Ijaw unrest 19981999 the december 1998 all ijaw youths conference crystallized the ijaws struggle for petroleum resource control with the formation of the ijaw youth council iyc and the issuing of the kaiama declaration. The current conflict in the niger delta first arose in the early 1990s over tensions between foreign oil corporations and a number of the niger deltas minority ethnic groups who feel they are being exploited, particularly the ogoni and the ijaw. Pathways for youth concludes with supporting documents, including executive order 459, omnibus appropriations act language, the working group federal participant list, the executive summary of the. Like the rest of nigeria, english is the official language. The current conflict in the niger delta arose in the early 1990s over tensions between the foreign oil corporations and a number of the niger deltas minority ethnic groups who felt they were being exploited, particularly the ogoni and the ijaw. Youth council iyc, niger delta resistance movement ndrm and the niger. The group is composed primarily by ethnic ijaws from in and around port harcourt and their main goal is controlling the areas vast oil resources. Ijaw people also known by the subgroups ijo or izon are people in niger delta in nigeria, inhabiting regions of the states of ondo, bayelsa, delta, edo, and rivers state. Iyc demands end to military invasion of bayelsa community.
Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. The true origin of the ogoni people are not very wellknown,research has it that they migrated into the area from across the imo river while other research says that the ogoni people came in boats from ghana and. Apr 10, 2010 a brief history of the ijaws of southern nigeria. Ijaw people are people in niger delta in nigeria, inhabiting regions of the states of ondo. Eagle books for grades 58 eagle books native diabetes.
Heinemann educational books for historical society of nigeria, 1980. Conflict in the niger delta wikimili, the best wikipedia. On 4 august 2011, united nations environment program unep submitted an unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report ear on ogoniland to the nigerian government. In many countries, youth delegates are initially selected by key national youth organizations or a national youth council and are then confirmed by the government ministry responsible for youth issues. Later, series of militarized confrontations by the militant youths mainly of ijaw extraction widen the circle of the campaign against what the oil communities perceived to be the socioeconomic injustice of the oil companies under the. Iyc ijaw youth council kanu kenya african national union mosop movement for the survival of ogoni people ndwj niger delta women for justice ngo nongovernmental organization nuos national union of ogoni students nycop national youth council of ogoni people obr ogoni bill of rights ocu ogoni central union osu ogoni students union. Nigeria is also the largest cereal and meat producer in west africa. Shola omotola, redeemers university, ogun state, nigeria. From 2001 to 2004, it was headed by mujahid dokuboasari, until asari split from the movement to found the niger delta peoples volunteer force dr. Colemans seminal work on nigerias political history, nigeria. Small arms, armed violence, and insecurity in nigeria.
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