International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce

THE AMNESTY MODEL AND THE NIGERIA NIGERDELTA REGIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Authors: Mark, J. PhD & Biriowu, C.S, PhD

ABSTRACT

The adoption of the Amnesty model and its success as one of the Crisis Management tools by the Government of Nigeria in resolving the Niger Delta Crisis was the focus of this paper. As its objective, the paper discussed the various Crisis dimensions and models with a view to unveiling the Amnesty model as one of the options for managing the Crisis in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. The paper discussed Crisis genesis through a schematic representation of the processes involved with particular reference to the Niger Delta Region. A discussion on the potency of the Amnesty model was done, using available literature and Journalistic writings from related discourses. The result of the discussion was that the Amnesty model, rather than solving the crisis as expected, has temporarily quietened the Niger Delta Agitators. The Paper concludes that the Amnesty model is a subtle means designed by the Federal Government intelligence unit to quieten the region from her prayers (reduction of the political marginalization and repression; economic marginalization and exploitation; and social marginalization and rejection of the residents). The paper then argues, content-wise, and adopting Marx’s conflict theory on crisis management, that the Niger Delta agitations can only be controlled by addressing her fundamental issues of resource control. The paper recommends that the Government should put a design in place to address the key resource control issues in the Region.

Keywords: Amnesty, Subtle tool, Niger Delta, Regional Crisis, Political Marginalization, Social Marginalization, Economic Marginalization.

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