DEMOCRACY STABILITY IN NIGERIA – “THE BLACK GOLD CRISES” A STUDY OF IJAW NATION STATE

Abstract

The ljaw Nation state is a very important part of the country. It is the major source of the wealth of the nation. In spite of its economic relevance to the country, the area remains impoverished The poverty level and under-development in the region is nothing to write home about. It is due to this obnoxious situation, that these studies tend to understand the cause and the way forward to study this unacceptable situation, this research, reviled wholly on secondary data, that is library research Textbooks, magazines, journals, newspapers and the internet were consulted and relied upon as the relevant sources of data. One of the findings is political marginalization depicted in their minor representation in government. Another is the favorable revenue allocation formula and thirdly, is the unacceptable environmental condition of the oil producing communities of South-South, Nigeria, should be given adequate number of positions in the political decision-making body. Secondly, the revenue allocation formula should be reviewed to 50% derivation of oil producing states and thirdly, to fashion out remediation programmes to address the environmental degradation in the oil producing communities by federal government and oil companies. Also, there is every need to fast-track development activities in the ljaw minority ethnic group.