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Igiri Ukwu Culture In Nigeria

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Igiri Ukwu community The area known as Igiri Ukwu community is located in the present day Abia State (Abia state is one of the nine oil producing states in Niger Delta) in the south eastern part of Nigeria. Oloibiri community in the present day Bayelsa state was the first to hit oil in the Niger Delta in 1956. In the Igiri Ukwu community, it was not until 1962 that the Oil was discovered. Oil politics dominates Nigerian politics. The Nigerian civil war 1967-70, was fought over the control oil (Okadigbo, Chuba. 1987,92-106). Today Niger Delta has an increasing importance and ought to draw the interest of conflict resolution practitioners and peace building researchers. This is due to the fact that the ongoing conflict in the area is not only …show more content…

Their pacific stance towards violence can be traced back to their unique concept of leadership but also in their method of community organisation ( http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/06/save-us-hunger-abia-oil-producing-community-cries/). 3.7 Socialization vs. Mobilization One of the major explanations why Igiri Ukwu people are not taking part in violence is due to the fact they have not been initially mobilized to take part in armed rebellion. They do no see the oil companies as their enemy like most communities in the Delta. 3.8 Alternative means of livelihood rather than oil benefits Due to the opportunities the commercial city of Aba provides to them, (The commercial hub of Abia state) an Igiri Ukwu youth will rather leave home and seek fortune in Aba than agitate against the oil companies, in Aba, he or she can find a job and begin life and Aba is about 20 km drive from Igiri Ukwu area. 3.9 Cultural …show more content…

A volatile government produces grievances which is the direct result of the fight involving the state and rebels over natural resource rents; it simply means; states ’greedy’ actions generate volatility, that in turn activates grievances which leads to conflict. Though this does not match the Niger Delta case rather it proves that the greed cause is the leading force to the grievances that set off the conflict. The greedy Nigerian Government uneven oil benefit distribution toppled with structured marginalization against the Deltans created horizontal inequalities that paved way for grievances that on its turn led to

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