Resource Governance and Protracted Conflict in Nigeria’s Niger Delta

John B. Idamkue is independent scholar.

• Chapter 1 The People Arose: The Genesis of the ConflictChapter 2 Background and Historical Context of the Niger Delta CrisesChapter 3 Understanding the Nexus Between Resource Governance, the State, and Protracted ConflictChapter 4 Six Cardinal Pillars of Resource GovernanceChapter 5 In the Eyes of the People: Perceptions and GrievancesChapter 6—The Heart of the Matter: The Ideal Place to Seek SolutionsChapter 7 Lessons and Takeaways for Leaders and the Rest of UsConclusion

Resource Governance and Protracted Conflict in Nigeria’s Niger Delta offers a breathtaking analysis of the enigma that is contemporary Nigeria. In this timely study, Idamkue offers readers more than a glimpse of what he had witnessed as a young community organizer and activist who worked alongside the venerable Ken Saro Wiwa to put environmental justice, good governance and resource control at the top of Nigeria’s national agenda in the 1990s. His argument, driven largely by data, that resource governance is both at the heart of the resource conflicts in the Niger Delta and the ideal place to find solutions deserves the attention of scholars, activists and policy makers in this time of tremendous flux.