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Title: | The politics and crisis of the Petroleum Industry Bill in Nigeria |
Author: | Pérouse de Montclos, Marc-Antoine |
Year: | 2014 |
Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies (ISSN 0022-278X) |
Volume: | 52 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 403-424 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | petroleum industry bill drafting local politics parliamentary procedure political stability |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/43302932 |
Abstract: | The Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which is currently being discussed in Parliament, aims at reforming the oil industry. But it also reveals the guiding forces of local politics. The PIB exposes the limitations of the State's ambitions, desire and capacity for reform, and it is strong evidence for the regional divisions and social tensions catalysing resistance against the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, which is accused of ethnic bias in favour of the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |