Abstract
Mankind is threatened by global environmental changes occasioned by man sporadic attempt to alter the design of nature. Man as the master of the earth and space is busy competing against himself in a dark lonely universe where the earth is the only oasis of life. In the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, we witness massive human starvation and poverty, extinctions of plants and animal species and dwindling biodiversity, caused by oil spillage and sweeping biotic destruction, global warming triggered and exacerbated by carbon dioxide, emission from the burning of fossil fuels, depletion of ozone layer by lethal chemical and concomitant bombardment of the earth by cancer causing extra-terrestrial ultra-violent radiation, pollution of air, water, land and life. Man quest to position himself on earth has resulted to the unsustainable discharges of waste gases into the atmosphere and large numbers of species extinctions throughout the world are but two of the most obvious indicators of the increasingly deleterious impact of human kind on the global biosphere. This paper focuses on the relationship between the exploitation of oil in the region and the devastation caused by the exploitation in the environment. It also true to establish how, the fascination of oil presence has resulted to horror and environmental degradation in the region. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v4n1p117
Highlights
Citizens of the Niger Delta regions are threatened daily by global environmental changes because of the sporadic exploitation of God-given resources of the region
God having created the Niger Delta region of Nigeria with abundant mineral deposits, he became interested in whom to handover these good things of nature he has created to and decided to create the people of the Niger Delta
Being that God has satisfaction with all that he created, he gave this part of the universe graciously to the good people of the Niger Delta region comprising Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River States., Imo abia and Ondo States
Summary
Citizens of the Niger Delta regions are threatened daily by global environmental changes because of the sporadic exploitation of God-given resources of the region. Man as the master of earth and space is busy competing against himself in a deliberate attempt to take authority, subdue and dominate the gift of nature in the environment of the region. Being that God has satisfaction with all that he created, he gave this part of the universe graciously to the good people of the Niger Delta region comprising Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River States., Imo abia and Ondo States. The effective exploitation of oil or valuable non-renewable natural resources is associated with increased social unrest and youth restiveness in the region. This high level of marginalization and neglect by the government has resulted to militancy, taken to hostages and kidnapping of expatriate workers, destruction of oil pipes and the likes
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