| ID | 140115 |
| Title Proper | Transformational strategy or gilded pacification? four years on |
| Other Title Information | the Niger delta armed conflict and the DDR process of the Nigerian amnesty programme |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Agbiboa, Daniel E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | My central aim in this paper is to evaluate the outcomes of the amnesty programme established in mid-2009 by the Nigerian government as a way of resolving the groundswell of violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. In particular, I focus analytic attention on the planning and implementation of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) process of the amnesty. I argue that while the amnesty promotes non-killing alternatives to conflict resolution and opens a door for stabilisation, its current planning and implementation is flawed and unable to reduce the long-term potential for armed conflict in the Niger Delta. Far from been a transformational strategy, I argue that the amnesty programme has become a strategy of gilded pacification essentially targeted at buying off militants and re-establishing oil and gas production in the Niger Delta without addressing the multilayered causes of peacelessness in the region. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 50, No.4; Aug 2015: p.387-411 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Asian and African Studies 2015-08 50, 4 |
| Key Words | Disarmament ; Armed Conflict ; Amnesty ; Niger Delta ; Demobilisation and Reintegration ; Multilayered Causes |