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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Niger Delta Region"”.
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The Contribution of a Global Ethics Approach to Health and the Environment in the Niger Delta Region
… TO HEALTH AND THE</p> <p>ENVIRONMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION</p> <p>By<strong></strong></p> <p>Augustine Lezorgia Wayii, M. ED, M.A.</p> <p>May 2020</p> <p>Dissertation supervised by Gerard Magill, PhD</p> <p>The dissertation presents a global ethics approach that connects health and the …
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GOVERNANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN RESOURCE-RICH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA
… discovery of oil in commercial quantities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in the 1950s has brought with it both benefits and adverse consequences, with prevalent violence resulting in loss of lives and properties. The inability of Nigeria to achieve sustainable development in the face of …
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Jon Sobrino’s Liberation Christology and Its Implication for the “Crucified People” of the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria.
… its implication for the “crucified people” of Niger Delta region in Nigeria. The thesis became very crucial because God’s gift of oil to the Niger Delta region has become a source of sorrow and death as a result of unjust structures by the Nigerian government and the multinational oil …
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Media exposure, policy agenda setting and risk communication in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of Nigeria's Niger Delta region
My research investigated the extent to which the Nigerian media have alerted the public and key opinion formers to risk-related issues / conflict in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region in order to shape the Nigerian public policy sphere as a response to the reoccurring [1958-2009] conflict between the …
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Towards environmental sustainability in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: a theological framework for broader involvement of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
The Niger Delta environmental crisis fuelled principally by the degration from oil and gas exploration activities has had negative impact on the sustainability of the region into the long-term future. The fallout of the frequent confrontations between the government and oil companies on one hand …
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A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic CSR: A Case Study of ExxonMobil and a Capacity Development Initiative in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
… studies on the business case for CSR in the Nigerian context. Given these gaps, this thesis explores a stakeholder perspective of a capacity development programme adopted by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil. The aim is to explore the concept of strategic CSR in …
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Exploratory study of interventions and challenges faced by indigenous NGOs supporting start-up businesses (established by young entrepreneurs) in Nigeria's Niger-Delta region.
… people in rural communities, specifically in the Niger-Delta and across cities in Nigeria. The Non-Profit Sector in Nigeria is unique because of the daunting challenges Indigenous NGOs go through to execute their entrepreneurial support programmes and projects. The incessant kidnappings, …
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Enhancing B2Com relationship quality: a research study investigating the oil producing company to host community relationship in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
The rapid and continuous deterioration of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria in the last four decades has been a major source of concern for the government and practitioners. Hence, the region has been the subject of continuous conflicts and violence between the host communities and the oil …
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Leadership in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: A Study of the Perceptions of its Impact on the Acquired Leadership Skills of Expatriate Nigerian Postgraduates.
<p>The primary trouble befalling Nigeria and its Niger Delta has been described as a failure of leadership. At various periods during the late 20<sup>th</sup> and early 21<sup>st</sup> centuries, Nigeria endured a bloody civil war and years of repressive military rule. Violence in the Niger Delta …
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An Investigation of Maritime Piracy and Its Implications to the Development and Sustainability of the Port Harcourt Seaport, its local communities and the Niger Delta region in Nigeria.
… piratical attacks in the Gulf of Guinea region have been evidently seen in the Nigerian territorial waters with hallmarks on strategic areas in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria – the Port Harcourt seaport, its local communities, and the Niger Delta region. It is against this backdrop that …
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Methods of Community Engagement between Oil Multinational Companies and Communities in the Nigerian Niger Delta Region: A Critical Analysis of the Activities of Eni SpA, Total SA and RD Shell
… - Eni SpA, Total SA and RD Shell in the Nigerian Niger Delta region (NDR) struggle to establish and manage relations with host communities. The research idea is founded on the concern that there is a failure in addressing why oil MNCs operating in Nigeria, fall short of meeting the …
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Corporate social responsibility in multinational oil companies and the impact on sustainable development in the Niger Delta
… oil companies (MNOCs) operating in the Niger Delta, and its impact on sustainable development (SD) in this important region of Nigeria. Particular focus is given to sustainable improvement in well-being and enhancement of socio-economic development for the local communities. To …
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Corporate social responsibility in multinational oil companies and the impact on sustainable development in the Niger Delta
… oil companies (MNOCs) operating in the Niger Delta, and its impact on sustainable development (SD) in this important region of Nigeria. Particular focus is given to sustainable improvement in well-being and enhancement of socio-economic development for the local communities. To …
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Capacity development in a post-conflict context: An analysis of tangible infrastructural development in the Niger Delta of Nigeria
… definition of capacity development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria; levels of capacity development as well as dimensions used to evaluate on-going development projects/ policies in the region. The research method used to gather data was mixed. Quantitative method was more convenient …
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A critical assessment of corporate community engagement (CCE) in the Niger Delta.
… relationships (OPRs). The thesis focuses on the Nigerian oil and gas industry community relationship in the Niger Delta region. This study provides valuable insights into how CCE works for enhancing stakeholder relationship and other desirable outcomes and thereby contributes to the growing body …
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Explaining cost overruns in highway projects : a geo-spatial regression modelling and cognitive mapping of latent pathogens and contextual drivers
… executed in the tropical wetland setting of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. An expansive range of research from academe, revealed a strong dialectical debate between the theoretical and technical schools of thought, as to what propagates relatively higher cost overruns in public infrastructure …
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Political Marginalisation and Political Violence in the Niger Delta
… in, and justify political violence in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. The dominant literature in this area tends to highlight political, economic and identity marginalisation as the causal factors behind political violence. However, there remains a lack of clarity in the conceptualisation …
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Sustainable exploration of oil and gas in the United Kingdom and Nigeria
… impact of oil and gas exploration in the UK and Nigeria on the environment and settlements from the sustainability perspective, using a case study of an oil producing community (Uzere) in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This region is affected by oil and gas exploration activities, in terms of …
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A multi-criteria decision support framework for environmental impact and vulnerability assessments of oil activities: a case study of the Niger Delta
… environmental and socioeconomic neglect of the Niger Delta region, over the last five decades. This research developed a multi-criteria decision support (MCDS) framework for this purpose, using remote sensing data, Geographic Information System (GIS), multicriteria analysis (MCA) and field …
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