Crude Oil, Resource Curse and the Splintering of Nigeria into National Pieces

Crude Oil, Resource Curse and the Splintering of Nigeria into National Pieces

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Since 1956 when crude oil was first discovered in commercial quantity at Oloibiri, the Niger Delta region in Nigeria has remained the country’s crude oil producing area. Crude oil is the chief source of revenue for Nigeria, yet, according to the UNDP’s Human Development Report 2015, the region with a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.514 remains the least developed crude oil producing...
 
Published at Covenant Journal of Business and Social Sciences
Volume 8
Issue 2
Pages 60-64
Published in 2017
 
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Moses Duruji & Okachikwu Dibia
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