Resources Control: A Panacea for Sustainable Peace and Development in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Abstract

If there is any issue that is widely discussed by majority of people and yet ignorantly misunderstood by many is the issue of resource control. With a greater number of Nigerian skill picking the pieces and making the head and tail of the supresne court judgment on resource control the height types of public discourse on the subject is by now well understood. This study was primarily focused on resource control as a panacea for sustainable peace and development in Niger Delta Region of Akwa Ibom State with emphasis on how it affects their quality of people living condition. The study adopted survey design, and was conducted in the 3 Local Government Areas in each of the state using a sample of 100 respondents, randomly selected from 3 Local Government Areas in each of the senatorial districts. A total of 9 Local Government Areas and 36 villages were used as sample area of the study. The analysis of the data was done using the independent chisquare (x 2 ) to test the research hypotheses. The finding reveals that there is a relationship between resource control and sustainable peace, development in the region. The study recommends that, it is imperative to increase the amount of money being given to states of Niger Delta as derivation and the state governors should ensure that the money is used to better the lots and welfare needs of the people at the grass roots.