Democracy And The Politics Of Resource Control In Bayelsa State

ABSTRACT  The Niger Delta question represents one of the most intractable sources of political destabilization, constitutes a profound threat to national security, and economic development of the Nigerian state. Therefore, the study of the intricate dynamics among multinational oil corporations, the Nigerian state, and insurgent militias illuminates the root causes, society schisms and the political economy of resource induced conflict in Africa’s major oil producing nation state. This case study illustrates and explicates the “paradox of plenty” the “resource curse”, the “shadow state syndrom…