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ABSTRACT
The collapse of the strategic oil relationship between the U.S and the Middle East suppliers brought the Gulf of Guinea and the Niger Delta
into a high profile global energy partnership. The strategic shift had
developed as a form of buffer or counter weight against the insecurity
of supply in the Persian Gulf.
This study, therefore explores the rise of the Gulf of Guinea and Niger
Delta as strategic partners. It illustrates the character of strategic
or resource – rich region and the security challenges orchestrated by
the attempts to protect and subsequently explore these resources.
Predicated on Immanuel Wallerstein World System Theory
which reveals that the direct consequences of capitalist drive for raw
materials such as oil, market and profit often engender violence, the
study illustrates the character of strategic oil resource – rich region
and the security challenges orchestrated by attempts to protect and
explore these resources. Our method of data collection is qualitative
technique. We made use of secondary sources of data. In our method of
data analysis we adopt the qualitative descriptive analysis. The study
hypothesizes a causal relationship between crisis in the Niger Delta and
the increase in U.S military presence or deployment in the region. It
concludes that the resort to naked force for the protection of oil
infrastructure and installations by the Nigerian State and the U.S has ignited crises and attendant deaths in the region. Finally, the study suggests
addressing observable contradictions in the system engendered by oil
wealth and distributive politics. This calls for the strengthening of
the security institutions and policies of the Nigerian State to ensure
strict adherence to global best practices in security considerations,
good governance and the development of a comprehensive national security strategic plan that would holistically address the main security challenges facing the country and the region.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Nigeria has vast oil reserves and oil is currently seen as a “strategic
commodity”. As a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC), and the sixth highest oil exporting nation in the
world, Nigeria has long perceived itself and by others as a potential
force for regional stability and development in Africa ( Nwackukwu,
1960). During the Cold War, the United States viewed Africa as a major
battle ground with the Soviet Union. As a result, it poured billions of
dollars in economic and military aid into the continent. After the
collapse of communism, American interest in Africa waned. In 1995, a
Pentagon report concluded that the United States had “very little
traditional strategic interest in Africa”. Incidentally, as the Middle
East region becomes more volatile, the Nigeria oil industry gained
increasing attention of the Bush Administration as it aimed to diversify
the U.S oil imports.
The Bush Administration’s national energy policy, released on May 2005,
predicted that West Africa would become “one of the fastest growing
sources of oil and gas for the American market (Onuoha, 2005). Paul
Michael Wihbey of Washington Institute for Advanced Strategic and
Political Studies described West Africa as “an area of vital US
interest” in his testimony before Congress. He proposed the creation of a
new South
Atlantic military command that would “permit the US Navy and Armed
Forces to more easily project power to defend America’s interests and
allies in West Africa” (Klare, 2006). The September 11 attack on the
World Trade
Centre heightened American attention to Africa, with national security
planners urging that the United States should diversify her strategic oil
interest in the Middle East.
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