PO220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Boko Haram, Dowry, Structural Adjustment
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Mosop (movement for the survival of the ogoni people) Mend ( movement for the emancipation of niger delta) This origination has enormous popular support from locals in the south. Established a number of clear demands - asks for several things: Rethinking of what nigeria is called the distribution formula. Formula for how it gets distributed throughout the country. The government from their negotiation end, they said you have a lot of money we will negotiate with you, but not finance, because you get earnings from criminal activity you need to stop that before we give you money. John says, if you can go a few months without kidnaping etc. Video: nigeria delta oil spill cost crude (the guardian) What we"ve seem in this region, during military rule, have been very violent seizures, patterns of abductions of people who work for shell, vandalisms to destroy the pipelines, steal the oil.
