The Ogoni Bill of Rights (OBR): Extent of actualization 25 years later?

Senewo, IkpoBari Dumletam

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2015.06.004

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“…There is a vast, growing and valuable literature on the Ogoni more specifically and the Niger Delta more generally which touches on many themes closely related to the focus of this study. Numerous studies have assessed the Ogoni or Niger Delta self-determination claims (Ejobowah 2000, Osaghae 1995, Senewo 2015 while Frynas (2001) convincingly highlights some of the corporate and state responses to the protests we emphasize in this study. A number of studies have highlighted the corporate role in violence and human rights violations against the oil-producing communities (Manby 1999, Pegg 1999 Ukiwo's (2007) work on how the turn toward militancy is specifically connected to a consistent failure to meet peaceful demands is particularly relevant for some of the arguments advanced in this study.…”

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Razed, repressed and bought off: The demobilization of the Ogoni protest campaign in the Niger Delta

Demirel-Pegg

Pegg

2015

The Extractive Industries and Society

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This study examines the demobilization of the Ogoni protest campaign in the oil producing Niger Delta region of Nigeria in the mid-1990s. The contentious politics literature suggest that protest campaigns demobilize as a consequence of the polarization between radical and moderate protesters. In this study, we offer a different causal mechanism and argue that protest campaigns can demobilize before such indiscriminate repression. Moreover, states can prevent the subsequent radicalization of a protest campaign followed by harsh repression by coopting the radicals and the remaining moderate elites while continuing to use repression to prevent collective action. Our conclusion assesses how relations between extractive industry firms and their local host communities have or have not changed in the twenty years since the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1995.

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Razed, repressed and bought off: The demobilization of the Ogoni protest campaign in the Niger Delta

Demirel-Pegg

Pegg

2015

The Extractive Industries and Society

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“…These banners protested against their political and economic marginalisation, environmental degradation, ethnic extinction and proclaimed the Ogonis as indigenous people Senewo, 2015). Demirel- Pegg and Pegg (2015, p.655) claimed that the "mass protests across Ogoniland remain the largest peaceful demonstrations ever held against an oil company.…”

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“…The first examples of counter accounts were observed in campaign by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) against Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) in the 1990s (Ako, 2015;Amnesty International, 2009;Senewo, 2015;Social Action, 2014). MOSOP's protest was initiated after 35 years of pollution of the Ogoni people's air, land and water.…”

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International advocacy NGOs, counter accounting, accountability and engagement

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Yonekura

2017

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“…This was presented against the backdrop of the huge economic benefits (30 billion USD, at the time) that the Nigerian state has gained from Ogoniland, yet the people gained nothing, lacking basic amenities including pipe-borne water, electricity, job opportunities, federal government projects, and representation in federal government institutions. The OBR has been described not only as a novel effort containing Ken Saro-Wiwa's ingenious ideas [25,26], but also an unprecedented bill that was directed to both the Nigerian government and MOCs (Shell in particular). It is a veritable representation of the original development, since inception, of a self-determination movement [26].…”

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“…The OBR has been described not only as a novel effort containing Ken Saro-Wiwa's ingenious ideas [25,26], but also an unprecedented bill that was directed to both the Nigerian government and MOCs (Shell in particular). It is a veritable representation of the original development, since inception, of a self-determination movement [26]. It also provided the template for other minority and disenfranchised groups to crop up and pursue their own recognition, social justice, and human rights.…”

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Addressing Environmental Health Problems in Ogoniland through Implementation of United Nations Environment Program Recommendations: Environmental Management Strategies

Yakubu

2017

Environments

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On 4 August 2011, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) submitted an unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report (EAR) on Ogoniland to the Nigerian government. This was the outcome of a 14-month intensive evaluation of the extent of pollution. The intention was that UNEP’s recommendations would be implemented to restore the devastated environment, on the one hand, and on the other, counteract the numerous environmental health issues that have for decades, plagued Ogoniland. However, five years post-EAR, and despite the seriousness of the situation, no significant resolution has occurred on the part of the government or the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) or Shell. To date, millions of Niger Delta residents particularly those living in the oil-bearing communities, continue to suffer severe consequences. Although the assessment was conducted in Ogoniland, other communities in the Niger Delta are also affected. This article explores prevailing issues in the Niger Delta, using Ogoniland (a microcosm of the Niger Delta) as an example. A multidisciplinary approach for sustainable mitigation of environmental health risks in the Niger Delta is paramount, and environmental management tools offer valuable strategies. Adopting the UNEP’s recommendations for addressing environmental health problems requires implementing the environmental management/environmental management system (EM/EMS) model. However, the persistent lack of political will on the part of the Nigerian government, and the grossly nonchalant attitude by Shell remain major obstacles towards executing UNEP’s recommendations.

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The Ogoni Bill of Rights (OBR): Extent of actualization 25 years later?

Cited by 14 publications

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Razed, repressed and bought off: The demobilization of the Ogoni protest campaign in the Niger Delta

Razed, repressed and bought off: The demobilization of the Ogoni protest campaign in the Niger Delta

International advocacy NGOs, counter accounting, accountability and engagement

Addressing Environmental Health Problems in Ogoniland through Implementation of United Nations Environment Program Recommendations: Environmental Management Strategies

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